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Winter/Spring 21 Book Club Selections + Recommendations
In search of summer books – well we read many this Winter/Spring 2021 with our reading collective, expanded this year and welcomed a new member, Adrienne Russell. I can speak on behalf of the collective that we enjoyed the following books and recommend them: (1) Hari Kunzru/Red Pill: A dystopian novel about anxiety, Eastern Germany,…
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Just a thought: Reading amidst COVID-19
It is hard to read books these days… at least for me. I can read articles. I can read anything for work. Reading for pleasure, however, has been much more difficult. I have the ultimate conditions for reading for pleasure at the moment. I am in the middle of nature. Birds are constantly chirping. My…
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Summer Book Club 2019 – Books Revealed
Each year we pick 6 books to take with us on holiday. We all read the books and select a collective favorite. For 2019 our summer club books are:
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5 must eats @ Rome – 2019
I spent the Winter of 2019 in Rome leading a study abroad program. Hours outside of work I ate consistently. I provide you a listicle based on these dedicated hours, literally painful at times, but also pleasurable. In general, in most cities I visit, I like a combination of places that has an inviting atmosphere…
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Living with ESL
A few months ago I read this piece in the NYT about being married to a person from country that is not of your own. The writer highlights the differences in the way one communicates in different languages and how enriching this difference is is for a marriage. This piece really resonated with me…
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Mediterranean (Social) Life is Good For you.
Mediterranean lifestyle recommendations are ubiquitous these days. One can argue this NYT article about a small island in Greece where people lived very long started the craze. The article talked about the island’s community who followed what is commonly referred these days as a Mediterranean diet (a lot of vegetables, greens, little meat and no…
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Robots, Evil Twins and Lessons in Conformity
In early 2017 owner of Tesla, Elon Musk, announced his plans to launch a company that would specialize on computerizing the human brain. He is not the only one. This is also the very same year that basic robotics and AI, without much debate, started becoming ubiquitous in our homes. Shortly before I begun writing this…
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Global Classroom Manifesto I : Written by Participants of the Praxis Conference 2017 at the University of Washington
Today more than ever I see the need to further transform the classroom from simply a space of learning into a space where we practice global citizenry. This need is in part a response to constantly changing diverse make-up of students and teachers. It is also a response to changing political climates all around the…
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Have to-s in Rhodes (2017)
I am writing this Rhodes post on a rainy day in Seattle. Rhodes trip seem so close yet so far today. I went to my third Rhodes trip this summer. It is a quick trip from our summer house. That is not the reason though for why we go back. Rhodes, despite being a large…
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Have to-s in Japan (2016)
My dreams came true and I went to Japan this past June. Here are a few food highlights for me. I will keep posting travel and food reflections for the upcoming day. (1) Depachika Food: This is the type of food you get at the basement of big department stores such as Mitsukoshi and Daimaru.…
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