What’s a TCK? Read here. A much more complete list than mine can be found here (thanks, Sezin!). Barack Obama: The world’s most famous TCK right now, and maybe that’s a good sign (perhaps it’s fortunate that few American voters recognized the term). Obama As A “Third Culture Kid” How Obama Really Thinks: A Primer for… Continue reading Famous TCKs: Third-Culture Kids in the News and in History
Author: Deirdre Straughan
Party Animal
I never planned to be an event planner, but I do have a lifelong history of entertaining in a big way. This was bred into me during my childhood as an expatriate in places like Dhaka, Bangladesh, where (in 1977) there wasn’t a lot for foreigners to do except invite each other to dinner parties,… Continue reading Party Animal
Learn Italian in Song: La Casetta in Canada
The Little House in Canada (Panzeri / Mascheroni, performed by Carla Boni and Gino Latilla Rossella’s great-grandmother used to sing this phrase to her. It never made any sense to me then and, now that I’ve heard the whole song, it makes even less sense! But it apparently was very popular in 1960. Quando Martin… Continue reading Learn Italian in Song: La Casetta in Canada
Learn Italian in Song: Pensieri e Parole
Thoughts and Words Lucio Battisti, 1971 Che ne sai di un bambino che rubava e soltanto nel buio giocava e del sole che trafigge i solai, che ne sai e di un mondo tutto chiuso in una via e di un cinema di periferia che ne sai della nostra ferrovia, che ne sai. Conosci me… Continue reading Learn Italian in Song: Pensieri e Parole
The Twitter Diaries: 2009-03-29: NYC, NJ
@thepartycow if you wear an unusual size the choices diminish radically # Watching little girls in a Bharat Natyam (dance) class in New Jersey # Airport ad says “think IBM”. Thanks. # another mother-daughter trip to NYC over. No, I do not want to know how much I spent spoiling her. Again. # @ThinGuy they’re… Continue reading The Twitter Diaries: 2009-03-29: NYC, NJ