When Annabelle of The Piri Piri Lexicon posted her “What makes your home multicultural” series, I thought about all the things that make families like mine unique. What objects do we have at home? How do we showcase our identities and traditions? And I came to the conclusion that what we have at home does […]
Eight Things Every Multicultural Family Needs Read More »
I met Mieke through writing groups on Facebook. When I found out she had written a memoir connected to the Netherlands, where I also happen to live, I knew I just had to read it. Mieke has graciously agreed to answer a few questions in-depth for this series, in which I interview writers of books
Interview with Mieke Eerkens, author of “All Ships Follow Me” Read More »
Not everyone knows that December 15th is International Tea Day. I hadn’t known it myself if it weren’t for the fact that we had such a great post about coffee and since I am a tea drinker, I thought I’d check. Wikipedia explains: “International Tea Day is a day observed since 2005 in many tea
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Yoshito has been an active member of MKB’s writing team as well as an amazing editor. And recently, he has done something amazing: not only did he write a book (an accomplishment we don’t appreciate enough), but he also crowdfunded it all by himself. As if that wasn’t enough Yoshito is also an expert on
Interview with Yoshito Darmon Shimamori, Author of “In Search of the Lost Words” Read More »
I met Mariam through her blog, And Then We Moved To, but we only met in person in 2018, when we both attended the Families in Global Transitions Conference, which just so happened to take place in The Hague, where I live. We would later meet a second time when she visited The Netherlands to
Interview with Mariam Navaid Ottimofiore, Author of “This Messy Mobile Life” Read More »
