Benito Juarez
I have always admired Benito Juarez! To me he was like David and Goliath. His life story was very similar to the life of Abraham Lincoln. They were contemporaries and faced similar struggles. Benito Juárez,...
Stories
Alexander von Humboldt and “Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain”
Ralph Waldo Emerson described Humboldt as “one of those wonders of the world”—a scholar whose interests spanned astronomy, botany, chemistry, economics, geography, geology, physics, politics and zoology; a man who, even today, has more species...
Eid al-Fitr on Monday, May 2. 2022
Eid al-Fitr feast marks the ending of a month long fasting during Ramadan. Eid al-Fitr, means the “Festival of the Breaking of the Fast.” Eid-ul-Fitr last for three days, Muslims pray the holiday prayer in...
March Tips and Reflections.
In February we talked about using Chinese Cooking techniques and bringing a yin yan to our leftovers. Well, I’ve been taking my own advice and I have been exploring the Four Flavors of the Chinese...
Top of the Morning to You!
“Top of the morning to you.. and the rest of the day to you” When I was working as a librarian, during the month of March, we used to greet each other with this Irish...