The Pope is gone, my mother-in-law is dead, but life goes on…
This week Pope Benedict 16th steps down, the first papal resignation in nearly 600 years. At the University of Tubingen in Germany, the theologian Hans Kung, author of the forthcoming “Can the Church Still Be Saved?” hopes for a new spring for a fading church. But in the Mekong Delta, in my husband’s family, life flows on uninterrupted like … Continue reading
A SINGAPORE THANKSGIVING MENU
We don’t eat turkey … Not because we’re vegetarians unfortunately. Unfortunately just because I can’t cook it well and our oven’s too small for the gigantic bird we’d need for all our guests. Anyway for us, it’s the gathering of people that matterFirst things first – the people who’ll be there By and large boat … Continue reading
If Dogs Can Say Grace…
My father has decided to say Grace after 50 years of not doing so. The reason he’s started again is a video someone sent him of dogs putting their paws together before chowing down. If dogs can do it, so can he! Everyone knows that dogs can be motivated to do almost anything for a … Continue reading
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