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Holidays Around the World: Diwali, Festival of Lights
November 3, 2021 Leave a Comment by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

Holidays Around the World: Diwali, Festival of Lights

Diwali Day is the first of a five-day festival of lights celebrated by Hindus around the world. The holiday observes […]

In Memoriam
October 18, 2021 3 Comments by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

In Memoriam

I never met General Colin Powell. But I experienced his support for me personally one day in January of 2001, […]

Holidays Around the World: Leif Erikson Day
October 6, 2021 1 Comment by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

Holidays Around the World: Leif Erikson Day

Leif Erikson Day has been observed in the United States on October 9 every year since 1964. The date is […]

Holidays Around the World: Mexico’s Independence Day
September 15, 2021 Leave a Comment by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

Holidays Around the World: Mexico’s Independence Day

In the US, or at least in the parts of the US I lived before moving to San Diego—the East […]

Holidays Around the Country: US Coast Guard Day
August 4, 2021 Leave a Comment by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

Holidays Around the Country: US Coast Guard Day

This post breaks with the theme of international holidays, but it is in line with the theme of little known […]

Saying No
July 7, 2021 Leave a Comment by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

Saying No

Saying no has never been easy for me. While I have a hard time asking someone else for something, I […]

Holidays Around the World: Canada’s Independence Day
June 30, 2021 1 Comment by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

Holidays Around the World: Canada’s Independence Day

Canada observes its independence day in the same month we do in the United States. Theirs is earlier, July 1. […]

Use Your Head
June 23, 2021 Leave a Comment by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

Use Your Head

Before I retired, I spent a good deal of time taking part in online webinars to keep current with new […]

World Refugee Day
June 16, 2021 2 Comments by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

World Refugee Day

The United Nations designated June 20 each year as World Refugee Day in order to highlight the needs, rights, and […]

Authors You Love to Hate?
May 4, 2021 1 Comment by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

Authors You Love to Hate?

All the recent publicity about W.W. Norton’s decision to stop distributing and publicizing Blake Bailey’s biography of Philip Roth because […]

Z is for Ten in Zambia
April 30, 2021 Leave a Comment by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

Z is for Ten in Zambia

HIV/AIDS continues to lead the list of the top ten causes of death in Zambia. This post is one in […]

Y is for Ten in Yemen
April 29, 2021 Leave a Comment by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

Y is for Ten in Yemen

In Yemen, a child under the age of five dies of preventable causes every ten minutes. It wasn’t always so, […]

Holidays Around the World: International Workers Day
April 28, 2021 Leave a Comment by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

Holidays Around the World: International Workers Day

I wouldn’t be surprised if most readers think of May Day as either a day to leave a basket full […]

X is for Ten in Xi’an
April 28, 2021 Leave a Comment by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

X is for Ten in Xi’an

The Silk Road, a ten-thousand-mile network of roads spanning the four thousand miles between China with the west starting from […]

W is for Ten in Washington
April 27, 2021 Leave a Comment by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

W is for Ten in Washington

One out of ten residents of the metropolitan Washington region is food insecure, according to the Capital Area Food Bank. […]

V is for Ten in Virginia
April 26, 2021 Leave a Comment by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

V is for Ten in Virginia

Since I had an address in Virginia for nearly twenty years, you’d think I would have visited the top ten […]

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