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• Till We Meet Again

  

  Dear Readers, Today marks the last day of this blog, at least for now. We have circled the globe with all of you so many times, that it’s nearly impossible to... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Vacation Pictures: Patricia, Edith, Leslie

  

  Florence By Patricia Winton I’ve just returned from a visit to Florence, a city I know well. Some of the things I revisit from time are the more than a dozen... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Travels with Beth, Alli, and Supriya

  

  Under the Surface By Beth Green Sliding under the water on a scuba dive is like a vacation within a vacation for me. The rumble of boats’ engines and the... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Vacation Pictures: Heidi, Jenni, Kelly

  

  Crossing Alborz By Heidi Noroozy Crossing Iran’s Alborz Mountains on the Chalous Road from Tehran to the Caspian Sea is sometimes breathtaking, often... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Shrink and Swell

  

  By the time my newborn settles into sleep, a whisper of rain skitters through the forest scattering birds. A black swallowtail butterfly prances from one... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Like A Candle In The Wind

  

  By Alli Sinclair Growing up in a country that is part of the Commonwealth, it was normal for me to see photos and hear stories about English monarchs. Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• An Ancestral Gold Rush

  

  By Edith McClintock Addiction came on fast and strong this week. It started with the arrival on Saturday of my great uncle John S. McClintock’s 1939 book,... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Learning to Cook in Farsi

  

  By Heidi Noroozy My introduction to Persian cooking came in the form of a cookbook called The Food of Life by Najmieh Batmanglij. Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 DESTINATIONS, FOOD & DRINK, LANGUAGES, TRAVEL

• Remembering Rosemary

  

  By Patricia Winton There's rosemary, that's for remembrance.... Ophelia in Othello I first encountered rosemary in a little red, white, and blue metal container... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Original Star-Crossed Lovers

  

  By Supriya Savkoor Long before Romeo and Juliet, there was Laila and Majnu, the ultimate star-crossed lovers who generations of Middle Eastern, Asian, and... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Indiana Jones, Tikal, and Me

  

  By Alli Sinclair At school, history was a bore. I mean, really, what's so interesting about studying dead people? But then a man with a battered hat, bullwhip,... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Layers of Identity

  

  By Jenni Gate “Middle child syndrome just doesn’t exist!” How many times I heard this as I was growing up. But I was convinced that birth order meant... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Impermanence of Identity

  

  I lived in Russia for most of my early twenties. I studied at Leningrad State University, worked in St. Petersburg and Moscow and, visited countless other citie... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 DESTINATIONS, EXPAT, SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Goldspot's Music Strikes the Right Chord

  

   By Supriya Savkoor  Siddhartha Khosla of Goldspot at Hard Rock Cafe in Bangalore, India, in early 2012. (Photo credit: Sohanmaheshwar) Death Cab for... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2013 DESTINATIONS, MUSIC, TRAVEL

• Science Fiction--Just in English?

  

  When I saw the Star Trek movie reboot in 2009, I was one of the first people in the world to be able to see it in the theater. Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• A Passion for Bread

  

  By Heidi Noroozy Photo by ph_en Half a lifetime ago, I lived on the grounds of a Benedictine monastery in Vermont. Although I’d overcome a brief flirtation... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2013 FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• Off the Beaten Track: Danita Cahill, Western Photographer

  

  We take great pleasure in welcoming the talented and lovely Danita Cahill who is a freelance photographer and writer specializing in all things western. Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Gridi, Grido, Gridiamo Per Il Gelato (You Scream, I Scream, We All Scream...)

  

  By Patricia Winton Birds are warbling in the pre-dawn hours. Women are painting their toenails. People are unswathing their throats of the scarves they’ve worn... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Mojitos

  

  By Edith McClintock Mojitos are a refreshing summer favorite. Sadly, I managed to serve them at a party recently without the lime. I was distracted. Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2013 DRINK

• The Sweetest Melons: Memories of the Congo

  

  Photo by Aravind Sivaraj CCx2.0 By Jenni Gate We drove down the hill from our home through the city of Kinshasa. Just outside the city, the jungle was thick. Th... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL