After taking a longer than anticipated hiatus from writing, I am back! In all fairness, it's been a whirlwind - I uprooted 8 years of my...

Last April, I was able to do something I had long wanted to: see the cherry blossoms in full bloom in Washington, DC. Every year, at the...

Colors. They are all around us and ever-present in our lives. Most, if not all, of the food, clothes, accessories and objects we buy have...

I was surprised to learn that things as commonplace in our time as winking, shaking hands, running, whistling, or drinking champagne, were n

I cannot imagine what it feels like to be in such a constant state fear. Fear of using the subway or walking through busy streets. Fear of b

Fascinated by the ideas of fika and coziness, I started learning about the Swedish culture, attitudes and traditions, and found the Swedish