Late July. Minette and I have taken up our summer quarters at my parents in France. Appa will join us next week. In our bedroom […] Read More
Category: Family & Parenting
I was looking forward to writing a lighter post, then the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas happened last Tuesday… The children who died were the […] Read More
We are just back from a long-awaited vacation with our Indian family after the pandemic hiatus. Appa had a chance to visit them last fall […] Read More
Last summer we went to Benin in West Africa to visit our French friends who have moved there for their work — they are malaria […] Read More
Thanksgiving is almost here. We are getting ready to cook and to celebrate. Both Appa and I have fond memories of our Thanksgiving dinners ever […] Read More
Last time Flo evoked her Italian American father. Now she talks about the role her Italian heritage has played in her own existence. How it […] Read More
Flo was very much on my mind when I wrote in this blog about the kindness I have encountered in my American neighbors. I have […] Read More
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
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