My English name is Jack.
Our oldest son is a cultural chameleon. His language and his behaviour change depending on the cultural environment. The timber in his voice will switch. He’ll count starting from a […]
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Let the Summer of (multilingual) Reading begin!
If there is one thing I miss from our previous life in America, it’s got to be the library system. I’ve written about American libraries before. I remember the kids’ […]
All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes
I jumped right into All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes, the fifth of Maya Angelou’s seven part autobiographical series and I thoroughly enjoyed it. In this installment, Angelou writes about […]
New language goals!
You might remember how down I was on New Year’s resolutions in 2015. I didn’t set any goals at the beginning of last year other than the resolve to just […]
The end of innocence
Pic and caption stolen from Time magazine (Jan 14th): A schoolgirl astride a toy pony looks up after hearing the sounds of shelling in the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo. […]
RIP Nirbhaya
To our friends in #India: we share your outrage over an act of unimaginable cruelty against one of our sisters. RIP Nirbhaya -Susan Rice, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, […]
Baby jetlag
Well, as uneventful as the flight was, baby jetlag has been pretty bad for the past three nights. At 3.5 months Ayo had no issues at all adjusting eight timezones […]
A walk in the park
Outside: Golden leaves glistening in the late afternoon sunlight on a warm autumn day. Inside: One baby-on-the-mend who had been quiet in his PJs all day. One papa that could […]
Five.
It is hard to believe we got married five years ago. Since then.. -I have changed my hair color four times. -We made croissants three times – you’re lucky if […]
Champignons de Paris
I found this glossy ad inside the front cover of a food magazine (left). It’s an advertisement for champignons de paris, or agaricus bisporus, also known as.. good ole button […]
All Americans speak French
Ayo and I went to our city’s central library this morning (pictured above). We sort of had to. Bringing up Bébé was due on Saturday (thankfully, there is a two […]
From China with love.
This week we have a special guest from China staying with us. Coco was one of two people we knew when we moved to Shanghai in 2008. Since moving to […]
Que les jeux commencent!*
I love the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics, or the Opening Ceremonies as the Brits say. It was extra special to watch the 2008 Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony living in […]
Hi there!
Welcome to my blog! I’m a 32 year old Third Culture Kid (TCK) who grew up in France but has lived in a couple of countries in Europe, Asia and […]