Category Archives: Culture

Starved by advice

I’m confused. Aren’t you? Our food industry is so saturated with fad diets and advice that I’m sureView full post »

Be less busy.

“Action expresses priorities.” ― Mahatma Gandhi When someone asks you how you are, do you often find yourself replyingView full post »

For Mercy. For All.

The world can be a really scary place and the control the government has over the media circus is always cause forView full post »

Listen up {Podcasts I love}

We’ve been living TV free for a while now. It’s great. I watch movies on my laptop when I’m in theView full post »

A certain kind of stillness

We live in a world where everything seems to not only be getting faster and more frantic… but louder. Perhaps weView full post »

Raising the bilingual child.

It was always very much in the plan to raise Bo bilingual. Cultural identity is such an important part of our sense ofView full post »

Beach madness…

With Idul Fitri comes a week long celebration and the only real annual holiday in Indonesia. Everyone returns toView full post »

Idul Fitri

Ramadhan has ended, and Lebaran has come and gone. This is the third Idul Fitri I have been in Indonesia for, and theView full post »

An old flame found in an old wooden face…

I have spent a lot of time on this blog talking about my parenting journey. But, there was life before Bo, even thoughView full post »

Why we wear our baby.

Ever since Bo was a teeny tiny baby, we have worn her. Wrapped tightly up against my body, newborn Bo spent most ofView full post »

Looking inward for trust.

I’ve been reading a lot about the natural parenting “movement” – I hate to call it a movementView full post »

This village life…

In the past two weeks Bo has probably been the biggest developmental leap of her little life so far. Two weeks ago sheView full post »

To inherit the earth, is our gift to them.

Bo’s birthright: it’s in her blood. Living in the village has taught me many, many things over the past fewView full post »