Saba, one of ten underrated Caribbean Islands our travel agent encouraged us to explore, is only five square miles. The rocky shore persuaded Christopher Columbus not to bother stopping there when he sighted it in 1493. Pirates, on the other hand, found that quality to be Saba’s most favorable trait. This post is one inContinue reading “C is for Ten in the Caribbean”
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B is for Ten in Barbados
Barely more than ten miles wide east-to-west, Barbados offered beautiful sunrises and sunsets over the ocean, lush rain forests, and exotic plants and animals. But this paradise hides a darker side. For more about Barbados, especially crime in Barbados, check this post on an earlier blog platform. Image credit: Photo of Hastings Beach, Barbados, byContinue reading “B is for Ten in Barbados”
A is for Ten in Africa
Top of the list of the ten most impressive sites in Africa is Victoria Falls in Zambia and Zimbabwe. If you choose to go there, watch out for Devil’s Pool, a natural pool atop Victoria Falls that far too many visitors choose to swim in to dare the devil. They say no one has everContinue reading “A is for Ten in Africa”
A to Z Blogging Challenge Reveal
Each year the San Diego Writers and Editors Guild puts out a call to its members to submit poetry, short stories, essays, or other creative writing for its anthology, The Guilded Pen. I have been fortunate to have a piece included each year since I joined the Guild in 2013. This year’s anthology will beContinue reading “A to Z Blogging Challenge Reveal”
Holidays Around the World: International Women’s Day
My first exposure to International Women’s Day (IWD), March 8, was in Romania in 1978. That was one year after the United Nations began observing it as a holiday, but Romanians had been celebrating the holiday for longer as the origins go back much further. International Women’s Day is one of two international celebrations thatContinue reading “Holidays Around the World: International Women’s Day”
Holidays Around the World: Purim
On February 25, 2021, (the Hebrew date Adar 14), Jews around the world will celebrate Purim to mark the salvation of the Jewish people in ancient Persia from planned annihilation. Purim isn’t one of the Jewish holidays I had heard of before I went to Iran for my first teaching position, in spite of havingContinue reading “Holidays Around the World: Purim”
Holidays Around the World: Day of Unification in Romania
What can we learn from the Romanian Day of Unification, a holiday celebrating an event going back to 1862.
My Tradition of Solving Jigsaw Puzzles
In my childhood, putting together a jigsaw puzzle was a family event, especially the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day. In keeping with that tradition, I completed the puzzle above the last week of 2020. It was a small victory, something I could do at the end of 2020 to make it feel aContinue reading “My Tradition of Solving Jigsaw Puzzles”
Merry Christmas to All
It’s a Norwegian tradition to celebrate Christmas with the family on Christmas Eve, not on Christmas Day. In my own home, for most of my growing up years, we would have a snack late Christmas Eve afternoon and then choose one of the presents under the tree for each of us to open. Then weContinue reading “Merry Christmas to All”
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