A brief reverie…
The next book to read…
By now you may have realized how much I love to read, and reading is a constant source for new quests. Many blogs, podcasts, and websites are dedicated to the next book you should read. During this time of year, there are many special edition lists—the best books of the previous year, list for upcoming new releases. But why wait until someone tells us what to read? How else can we discover a new book to read without feeling overwhelmed where to start. How can we find something we don’t know we are looking for? With that in mind……
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Steppe Out into New Horizons Part 3
The Age of the Silk Road Nomadic Empires This is part of a post series. Check out the previous posts linked below Before we dive in today, I wanted to pause before we get into the weeds, and weedy it will get. Though I have tried to approach a narrative that is as simple as…
Steppe Out into New Horizons Part 2
The so-called Barbarians This is part of a post series. Check out part 1 linked below We base our history on the rise and fall of civilizations. However, the civilizations we focus on are entirely based on what they were able to build. The edifices they literally build. We learn early on that these are…
Steppe Out into New Horizons
In the last quest, I went through the process of searching and finding an answer. Yet I continued to search because the answer was not what I wanted to find. Sometimes we must be willing to accept what is in front of us. That might be something new that challenges what we know or don’t…
A Gem of a Creature
A funny thing happened not too long ago. I asked myself a question I was surprised I didn’t know the answer to because I felt I should have. It all started whilst enjoying one of my favorite pastimes – Asian cinema, particularly movies from India. I was enjoying an epic and as with all period…
Mapping our Progress in the 21st century
Recently I experienced what has become a rare occurrence. A gathering where you interact with another human being that’s not through a computer screen. You sit down, share a meal and a beverage, and have a leisurely conversation. That’s what is natural for a social species like ours. You know, it’s that thing we used…
The Art of Revision Part 3
Women’s Place in History When I look at the portrait of the Lavoisier’s by David, I find that the real center of the piece is Marie Anne Lavoisier. Looking at it with fresh eyes I cannot believe that I had not seen it before. Everything about it says I— Marie Anne— am what this piece…
The Art of Revision Part 2
Where Science and Art Meet: The Path of Innovation “The arts and sciences are essential to the prosperity of the state and to the ornament and happiness of human life” -George Washington We continue the journey sparked by revisiting my opinion, or more accurately my initial dismissal, of the portrait of Antoine and Marie Anne…
The Art of Revision
There is a gut feeling I get while pondering that sets me off in a wandering quest— a meander. It might take me to discover new territory, but sometimes it might bring me to a territory already visited. I think it is important to allow ourselves to wander in those spaces — new and old.…
20 Years Later: A Reflection
This weekend marks 20 years since the attacks on September 11. I can’t help but reflect on it with recent news of not only the anniversary but of the complete withdrawal out of Afghanistan. To be clear this will not be an opinion piece about the political policies. This is a reflection on us as…
Food for Thought
I will admit I love to read. It is a love that started when I learned English as a second language at 7 years old. I used reading as practice to master a language that even for the sponge mind of a 7-year-old was confusing to learn. When it comes to reading, I’m pretty much…
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New Year…Same/New You?
As we start a new calendar year, many take this time to make resolutions. The new year is a time for new beginnings, the preverbal turning over a new leaf. Many of these resolutions may have already been abandoned making new year’s resolutions the punchline to many jokes. The joke, that we take longer to…
Sense of Wonder 