Reflecting on the irony of choice in America on Dr. Martin Luther King’s day.
Reflecting on the irony of choice in America on Dr. Martin Luther King’s day.
After 13 days of repetitive prompts, finally another Emerson Project post I can wholeheartedly endorse: Who have you always wanted to connect with and how will you make it happen? Tim Burton. No hesitation.
If I had an audience of 1 million, this is what I would say. Day 10 of the Emerson “Self-Reliance” project.
Now is not my time to be bold. Day 7 of the Ralph Waldo Emerson “Self-Reliance” project.
Three places I would love to visit before I die. Day 5 of the Emerson “Self-Reliance” project.
An exploration of my pantheistic beliefs. Day 3 of the Emerson “Self-Reliance” project.
With only fifteen minutes to live, this is the story that I had to tell. Day 1 of the #Trust30 Ralph Waldo Emerson “Self-Reliance” Project.
Upheaval in the world and personally brings up the ever-present yet elusive question of “Where will I find home?”.
My newest guest post, “Parents of the Third Culture: where to retire when all the world is home?”, is live over at the expat+HAREM!
The real life horror story of an 11-year-old child gang raped by a group of 19 males and her subsequent victim blaming in a major press outlet leads me to boycott the New York Times.
My love affair with the FRIDAY THE 13TH series encapsulated in a guest post over at Anything Horror.
“I hold Sarah Palin responsible for all the deaths that took place in Tucson.” A new hybrid/AMBASSADORS blogring on the recent shootings in Tucson, Arizona.
The second installment in the Zuzu Irwin global safari series: Zuzu and her family visit the largest crocodile farm in the world.
My newest expat+HAREM post, “With/out borders”, is featured on their beautiful site for the next week.
A She Writes blog post by an African-American woman calling for “White Ambassadors To Help Me Cross Over” provokes a blog series, in which this piece is one of seven reactions.
From our inaugural guest poster, Yancy Jack Berns, we give you a beautiful piece about why it is important to surround yourself with women.
Zuzu narrates a strange Prague encounter with creatures she calls Cobblers. Chapter 1 of The Secret Life of Stone.
From MARTYRS to AMERICAN MONSTERS to psychological methods of trauma healing to Toni Morrison’s Beloved to Cold Case while discussing the healing powers of horror stories. (But no Lady Gaga this time
I was reminded of a strange dream I had a few years ago after recently watching the brilliant French film MARTYRS, and of course also manage to tie this back to Lady Gaga.
What do the expat+HAREM, Dialogue 2010 and Lady Gaga have in common?
My submission for this week’s www.RedRoom.com themed blog competition on “What is your favorite pop song?”
Delving back into my much-loved world of cultural anthropology via the horror film “Deadgirl” and its social significance.
My review of the tragic “Assassination Of Marilyn Monroe”.
A review of Patricia Cornwell’s phenomenal forensic study “Portrait of a Killer: Jack The Ripper Case Closed”
My friend Vesper’s amazing blog post inspires me to consider my thoughts on good, evil and other things in between.
An explosive encounter with a racist Czech granny prompts me to once again consider why it is I continue to live in Prague.
Dear Readers, Just a quick note to let you know that the essay I wrote about life in Prague as an expat placed as a runner-up winner in the Transitions Abroad essay competition. The article, Living in Prague as an Expat: The Times They Are a-Changin’, will be on their website for the next year….
Exploring the various facets of women’s literature and where my first novel, AMERICAN MONSTERS, fits into the debate.
In 1990 Chris McCandless donated all of his life savings to OXFAM and went into the wild to live in the Alaskan outback. He had the feeling he didn’t belong in the life his parents planned for him. He knew they’d not take no for an answer, wearing him down like a chainsaw until he…
The first in a series of reflections on the incredible Dialogue 2010, curated by Rose Deniz and on the topic of hybrid identities and location.
My first ever guest blog has gone live at expat+HAREM, a neo-cultural hub for expats and voyagers. http://www.expatharem.com/2010/02/25/the-inside-outsider/
My impassioned review of Quentin Tarantino’s magnificent “Inglourious Basterds”.
A found poem made up of song lyrics for this week’s www.redroom.com blog competition. My blog from last week, “The Sneeze”, was noted on their website as an honourable mention. Yeah!
When I first moved to Europe going on seven years ago I was bummed that I felt they didn’t really celebrate Halloween, American style. Dressing up, spider webs, pumpkin carving, creepy music, Trick-or-Treating…Halloween was always my most favourite holiday. I love costumes and basically will use any excuse whatsoever to dress up. Movie premieres, themed…