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
Category: Family & Parenting
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
After talking about his mother, the ice queen from Ukraine, and his father, the dreamer from Lithuania, we now focus on Eli’s growing up as […] Read More
It is warm but not yet hot as we are going up the path leading to the ancient Jain temple. We started our excursion early […] Read More