Author: Tara
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Where to begin?
There is so much that I want to write about that I hardly know where to begin. I will have to make a list of posting topics that go with pictures of things that I have done. Even though I haven’t been posting regularly and been fairly anti-social, I have still surprisingly been doing things.…
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Fog lifted and blue skies ahead…
It has been a long journey the past six to eight months. In some ways I wonder where the time went and who that person was living my life during this time. Now that I am on the way back to being me, but a renewed me, I realize just how much I needed to…
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How Can It Be?
I try to understand I try to empathize I try to rationalize Yet, my words get twisted Yet, my voice gets lost Yet, my heart gets pain How can it be – This change? This stranger? This feeling of loss? The more I try, the less I sleep The more I think, the less I…
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_Love In the Time of Cholera_
_Love In the Time of Cholera_ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez This book has been talked about and put on the top of ‘must-read’ lists since it came out. Marquez has been touted as a beautiful and amazing writer. Due to all this fuss, I have generally avoided reading his works. (Yes, I have some issues….)…
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_Savage Inequalities_
_Savage Inequalities_ by Jonathan Kozol Back when I was in grad school, I heard a lot of talk about the works for Jonathan Kozol. He had also just come out with another book at that time, but as I didn’t have time to do much pleasure reading at the time, I just kept the author’s…
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A Case of Anti-Everything…
A month has nearly passed since I last posted. One would think that I’ve actually been busy or something, but the truth is that I’ve been busy avoiding everything. On the positive side, work has been pretty good this year. I’ve managed to get along with all my students and really start to know them…
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_Adopted Territory: Transnational Korean Adoptees and the Politics of Belonging_
_Adopted Territory: Transnational Korean Adoptees and the Politics of Belonging_ by Eleana J Kim I found this title off of another adoptee’s blog who had written about it and said that it was the best intellectual presentation of the situation for the first few decades of adoptees who have now grown up and are raising…
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Italy: Day 7 – Milan
Well, our last stop of our Italy trip ended in Milan. We took an early train on a foggy Venice morning to be sure we had enough time to see what needed seeing in Milan. Most people have said it’s not worth a long stop, despite it’s popularity for high-end shopping. However, Milan seemed to…
