Becky Blab

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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“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 [...]

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This time of year naturally lends itself to reflection: shorter, colder, darker days; falling leaves; annual holidays and approaching winter wonderland. It has now been six months since we left India, and it is hard to believe. Here are six observations or lessons that I have learned in this time. 1. There’s no going back. [...]

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