This week, my grandfather celebrated his 97th birthday. We had a party on Sunday, that I helped to organize thanks to Facebook. His birthday was either the 9th or 10th, no one was sure since it hadn’t been recorded. Today, 97 years ago he was just a few days old. But this morning at 3am [...]
Entries Tagged as 'culture'
Bon Voyage Grand-Pere
January 13th, 2012 · 2 Comments
Tags: culture · health & well-being · human development · me · spirituality
My guest post: We Are More Alike Than We Think
January 5th, 2012 · 4 Comments
I am grateful to be featured on the Lessons from the Monk I Married Blog as part of the “31 Writers, 31 Lessons” series. Here is an excerpt: Most of us know the familiar tale that we came out of Africa, but do we really understand what this means? This means that all of our [...]
Tags: culture · human development · miscellaneous · mobility · race · travel
2011: Year in Review
December 27th, 2011 · No Comments
This whole month has been an extreme time of self-reflection, what with the big birthday and winter hibernation setting in. Before setting my new year’s resolutions, which I never do but thought this is a good time to start, I wanted to look back once more at the previous year before laying it to rest [...]
Tags: culture · empowerment · health & well-being · human development · me · Sharings · spirituality · travel
Birthday Realizations
December 24th, 2011 · 6 Comments
I turned 30 on Monday. While I used to wonder why people felt shy about announcing their age, I think I’m beginning to understand. As I approached this milestone last week, I began to feel more like I was marching to the grave than I ever have before. It wasn’t necessarily scary, but it made [...]
Tags: culture · globalisation · health & well-being · human development · legal issues · me · politics · Sharings · spirituality
Becky’s Book Review: The Tale of Murasaki
December 16th, 2011 · No Comments
“The Tale of Murasaki” by Liza Dalby is an historical fiction novel based on a real Japanese writer, Lady Murasaki, who wrote the most popular book in Japanese literature. She was also a prolific poet and diary writer, and the book is based extensively on these real works. She was the daughter of a prominent [...]
Tags: culture · Enlightenment · feminism · marriage/divorce · spirituality

