It’s spring again (although, as you can see, it’s been snowing) and that means baby owls on the BRM campus. Last year’s owl movie You might also like: No related posts.
Author: Deirdre Straughan
The Twitter Diaries: 2009-04-05: CO
@emmabird Clooney actually seems as if he’d be fun to know, but I don’t move in those circles even when I’m at the lake in reply to emmabird # @martinwake he’s got that all wrong, Snoop Dogg is Kinng. A Bollywood film said so. in reply to martinwake # dreamed I got the audience at… Continue reading The Twitter Diaries: 2009-04-05: CO
Famous TCKs: Third-Culture Kids in the News and in History
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
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