May the Book be with you
What is your favorite hobby or pastime? Reading books obviously and yet … When people ask me about my hobbies, I feel so inadequate when I say reading. I feel like hobbies are things like knitting or playing guitar or running. All hobbies I’ve tried actually. Pastimes are different. I’ve always loved the Indian English […]
City Tavern reopens to celebrate Washington’s farewell
On Thursday night, I went to City Tavern, where Independence National Historic Park was celebrating Washington’s Farewell. It was $40 for finger sandwiches and beer and wine.
My favorite words
The daily prompt what’s my favorite word has many answers.
Disability and the power of social media
Name the professional athletes you respect the most and why. Daily prompt I live in Philly, so people probably expect my answer to this question to include Bryce Harper or Jason Kelce. Kelce is a particularly beloved figure after his speech on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art following the Eagles 2018 Super […]
How to stop using ableist language
If you had to give up one word that you use regularly, what would it be? Hi! It’s your friendly neighborhood, disabled editor here! 👋🏻 Removing ableist language from your vocabulary is one of the most loving things that you can do to honor disabled people. A lot more of our language is ableist than […]
Middle Earth
Share a story about the furthest you’ve ever traveled from home. The answer to this question will always be Middle Earth. We toured New Zealand in 2015 and visited a number of sites from the Lord of the Rings films including the Hobbiton set. We were living in Korea at the time, so it wasn’t […]
The mouse in my house
What does your ideal home look like? I’ve written before about the question “where are you from?” and what it means to belong to a place. This prompt from Jetpack felt like a familiar attempt to get writers to talk about housing, interior design, and fabulous locations. For me, this prompt comes at a time […]
Why do I blog?
Why do you blog? It’s been a long time since I’ve blogged on this website. This prompt from my WordPress app seems as good a reason to restart as any other. When I first started blogging back in 2012, I was documenting my journey in India. I moved on to writing about Indian books, Indian […]