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November 14th, 2016Living in the Grey
If you know me, or you read this blog regularly, then you will know that there is no color I dislike more than grey. It is gloomy, murky, heavy, wishy-washy, and depressing, all at the same time.
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October 19th, 2016The Joy of Slime
“Have you seen the slime thing?” We are on FaceTime, A. and I, him in New York and me in Paris.
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October 5th, 2016The Navajo Celebration of a Baby’s First Laugh
While I was in Santa Fe earlier this week, I spent some time at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture researching Native American weaving, basketry, and ceramics patterns for the book.
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September 16th, 2016Women and Bumper Cars in Saudi Arabia
Driving is such an automatic act for me. If anything, most days it feels like a chore, and I prefer hanging out in the passenger seat playing podcast DJ than being behind the wheel.
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July 30th, 2016Balloons and the Politics of Joy
Whew. It’s been an intensely political few weeks, and I’ve been finding it hard to keep from reading all the news alerts the minute they pop up on my phone.
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June 30th, 2016Pride and Joy
I watched the various LGBT Pride celebrations fill my social media feeds with rainbows this past weekend and thought about how powerful that flag is.