I am reading Dignity by Chris Arnade, a non-fiction book about the people who live in back row America. Poor, stigmatized neighborhoods in large cities. […] Read More
Category: Family & Parenting
Last week was the first time I traveled to New York in nearly a year and a half, due to the pandemic. The main purpose […] Read More
When I was ten my grandmother handwrote a chapter book for me. It was about her family, her childhood memories, and what life was like […] Read More
Appa came up with the idea last spring, as he realized our vacation plans were going astray and we would not get together with our […] Read More
Over the nearly seven years since Minette discovered that there is more to food than mere maternal milk (isn’t it funny the way some milestones […] Read More
I have lived long enough in the United States to know for a fact that Americanness is a many-faceted thing. Along with inspiring facets, disturbing […] Read More
Today we are celebrating India’s Independence Day. Appa‘s country was freed from British rule on August 15, 1947 at midnight. I always find it striking […] Read More
Today’s Bastille Day, France’s national day, or “le Quatorze Juillet” as we call it plainly in France. The reference to the Bastille prison that was […] Read More
The Arab of the Future, Riad Sattouf’s graphic memoir of growing up between the Middle East and France, has caught some attention here in the […] Read More
In a different era, one that ended over a month ago for us, Minette and I used to talk and fantasize about what super power […] Read More