It has been five years since I started this blog. I feel it is a good time to close this cycle and move on to […] Read More
Category: Family & Parenting
We are in the house that was at the heart of Appa‘s childhood. The village house of his grandparents where he used to spend most […] Read More
I wake up in the warm room under a fast-spinning ceiling fan. Not sure what time it is but broad daylight is flowing through the […] Read More
If you have been parenting young children in an English-speaking country in the last two decades you must be familiar with the popular children’s book […] Read More
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
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