haruMar 18, 20222 minBirthday Paradox and #BuildBackHappier 2022I celebrated my birthday today at lunch with a friend’s lovely daughter because we have the same birthdate. Apparently there’s a thing...
haruMar 11, 20222 minChandeliers, Nuclear Meltdown and Downstairs BaabaHere’s a picture of my paternal Baaba featured as the 1930s pinup girl in Tanaka Atsuko’s book on kimono beauties (2006).[1] I thought...
haruMar 4, 20222 minBusting out Giant Red Panda Moves on #InternationalWomen’sDayGrowing up in my mother’s bubble, I didn’t know that Tomboy was a pejorative word. I didn’t know about sexism or misogyny and truly...
haruFeb 25, 20222 minParallel Universe in a Bowl of ChiliI first met my husband over a bowl of chili from Booeymonger in Washington, DC. As a Frenchman in the US, he’d become a serious fan of...