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
Category: Society
War is on my mind and I guess you can relate… For most people in the Western world, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is at the […] Read More
As I have mentioned before, my family has a Russian connection. So the invasion of Ukraine is much more than another piece of grim news […] 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
Ending up talking to someone in a call center, half a world away, about a lost package or a flight cancellation, is as trivial an […] 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