Life

23
Dec
On Motherhood: From Unemployed Mom to Getting the Job

On Motherhood: From Unemployed Mom to Getting the Job

The struggle and success of finding and transitioning to work and financial independence after being a stay at home mom for several years. On the struggle to move from being a stay at home mom to rejoining the workforce.
11 min read
20
Dec
Playful Objectivity

Playful Objectivity

It’s 4AM and the words to the song of the same title by Our Lady Peace come to mind.
4 min read
10
Dec
Songs of the Gospel

Songs of the Gospel

How to make friends in strange places while living in a foreign country: why not join a Gospel Choir?
5 min read
02
Nov
On the Edge of Obesity

On the Edge of Obesity

What I learned after 25 years of diet, nutrition, and struggles maintaining weight. Low fat, keto, intermittent fasting, and clean eating over a 25 year period and the results: Weight maintenance and weight loss. Loss of weight post pregnancy.
7 min read
29
Oct
A day in the life

A day in the life

Mon-Fri as a stay at home mom
3 min read
16
Jul
Choosing to have kids

Choosing to have kids

People who are childless-by-choice need to remember the reason the rest of us have them
3 min read
13
Jul
Dhal vs. Cassoulet

Dhal vs. Cassoulet

A comparison of Eastern and Western cooking styles Cassoulet and lentils/dhal/parrippu. Comparison of ways of stewing a pulse. Sri Lanka and France
3 min read
03
Jul
That’s crêpe-tastic!

That’s crêpe-tastic!

My romance with the humble crêpe. In Brittany, where crêpes are ever ready at grocery store, bakery, and restaurants, home made crêpes are treated as a special moment appreciated by all.
4 min read
25
Jun
Cooking with fire

Cooking with fire

Two cultures, one common element Eastern perspective of finding the same preserved culture of cooking in the West.
4 min read
25
Jun
I am a Writer

I am a Writer

Admitting my truth
1 min read