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2025年10月26日
A Language Lesson The Bosphorus (rhymes with phosphorous – but comes from Greek for “cattle...
2025年10月17日
Istanbul was full of awe and awakenings, literally and metaphorically. A call to prayer ...
2023年6月13日
My coffee smells like a skunk today. So do my hands, my laptop, my forearm. I can’t smell my own...
2020年4月20日
As we grapple with the possible pandemic of the novel coronavirus, it might be a good time to...
2014年9月8日
My favorite gift ever, the thing that meant so much more to me than the slick, Silicon Valley...
2014年6月1日
San Mateo May 2014 Just past the lost-child ID station, where Anjali the 8-year-old huffed...
2013年11月21日
Tokyo, Japan. First, an apology: what follows may seem touristy and stinking of stale...
2013年9月26日
Maya was about to turn 13, and for her pre-party, had launched a campaign to upgrade to a smart...
2013年7月25日
School’s out, the kids are at a sleep-away camp,* and I should be celebrating. Parents I know use...
2013年6月13日
Anjali (7 years old), on her way home from the pool: “Mommy, for my next birthday, can you get...
2013年6月5日
At first glance, Ustad Hamid Kasmi* and Lindsay Lohan don’t seem to have much in common. He...
2013年1月31日
Recently, there was a big blowout party for the American Girl store opening at Stanford Mall. Our...
2012年8月4日
I have to admit, the first pair were a bit intriguing. They were droopy, grapefruit-sized, salmon...
2011年8月8日
The turtles had been elusive this summer. We had snorkeled in many spots – Honolua Bay, Kapalua...
2010年5月25日
Last week, I had to choose between giving fruits to my kids or keeping them in the bowl, the...
2010年3月17日
Aanika had been thinking about St. Patrick’s day for a week. She had her clothes picked out –...
2009年12月8日
That image may haunt me for years: in my rear view mirror, Srini’s car skidding across the...
2009年3月26日
Maya had a really bad day today – the leprechauns didn’t visit her class, and to make matters...
2008年1月1日
Maya’s head was teeming. Teeming. They were floating on top of her head, ready to jump, afraid to...
