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
It happened to me fairly often when I lived in New York. I would spot two or more people from a distance, walking on a […] 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
It happened yesterday morning. I was on my way to meeting Appa and Minette to pick a Christmas tree in that parking lot near St […] Read More
As France is entering its second coronavirus lockdown, along with several other European countries, there are even more reasons for my country to sink in […] Read More
Sometime at the very end of the 20th century I moved from Geneva, Switzerland to Almaty, Kazakhstan. It was my first leap into the “far […] 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
This year Minette has become an amateur and eager practitioner of literal jokes. It all began when my friend Tomoko gave her an Amelia Bedelia […] Read More