by admin | Nov 8, 2018 | Personal
Two years ago, the country of your birth and mine elected a racist, xenophobic, misogynistic, anti-intellectual demagogue. Two days ago, some of your compatriots resisted, while others did not. And that is how it will always be. In the last two years, children have...
by admin | Oct 29, 2018 | Personal
I’m a millennial mom, which means I’ve been led to believe that everything is going to destroy my child’s brain and stunt his development forever. Bottle-feeding, breastfeeding, babywearing too much, not babywearing enough, baby-led weaning,...
by admin | Oct 26, 2018 | Personal, Web Design
As the child of Asian immigrant Christians, I had a set of rather confusing, somewhat conflicting beliefs about what my priorities ought to be. “Being godly” and “serving God” and “obeying God’s calling” were obviously...
by admin | Oct 7, 2018 | Personal
At the end of the summer, I accidentally got hooked on NBC’s World of Dance. This is unsual because I normally watch very little TV and even less reality TV. (When American Idol debuted, I remember scoffing to myself, “That will never last.” Shows...
by admin | Oct 4, 2018 | Personal
I have wound up reading and editing several graduate school personal statements recently. I also just found the literally one hundred or more cover letters and resumes I wrote between 2011 and 2016 while searching a variety of hard drives last month. (Thanks,...
by admin | Jul 1, 2018 | Personal
I don’t have much evidence to compare, but I think I’m reading quite a bit more this year than I have in the last 2-3 years. By my count, I’ve read 17 books in the first six months of 2018, which might be a record. I’m usually a pretty...
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