by Thailand celebrates three New Years: The Gregorian, The Chinese, and Songkran (or Thai New Year). When it comes to the first two New Years, I want nothing more than to sleep through the celebrations -or I would if I wasn’t systematically woken up by the crowds lighting rockets and dime-store fireworks, playing Russian roulette with […]
Ayyam-i-Ha Around the World
by “It behoveth the people of Bahá, throughout these days, to provide good cheer for themselves, their kindred and, beyond them, the poor and needy, and with joy and exultation to hail and glorify their Lord, to sing His praise and magnify His Name…” -Bahá’u’lláh In communities large and small across the globe, Bahá’ís are […]
Explaining Columbus Day to My Daughter
by Source: Sebastiano del Piombo[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Next Monday it is the national holiday, Columbus Day, in the United States. It is a day that gives me mixed feelings especially when explaining it to my daughter. Now I live outside of Boston, where their is a beautiful waterfront park named after Christopher Columbus. […]