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.
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.
An explosive encounter with a racist Czech granny prompts me to once again consider why it is I continue to live in Prague.
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/
Eight years ago two planes flew into New York's World Trade Centers killing thousands. I remember my then-boyfriend waking me up to tell me what had happened. It was 8am in California and so I laughed at ...
so many days have passed since i have been able to write. our internet connection is shaky at best and i am trying my luck to post this.yesterday, i had my first physical contact with Tommy, the stray cat who adopted us and is now a part of our family. he is ...
we had some firsts since i last wrote...our first hailstorm, our first visits from the Stray Cats on the balcony calling me for food, and our first bomb blasts in istanbul.the bomb blasts were on sunday night and apparently went off just before we got in our dolmos to get home...i was ...
i know i keep saying it, but this is truly a place of vivid contradictions.today we walked around a shopping mall (don't roll your eyes! they have a good supermarket in there!) that could have been in glendale, california. except for the turkish writing, of course. steve saw a woman in a ...
*his evilness the pope was here in spain last week for a promotional visit about the importance of family, the irony of which was not lost on this humble observer. firstly, how does a celibate man preach to the importance of family and matrimony between a man and a woman specifically? secondly, ...