Happy March 1st! (And a little bit on the Romanian mărţişor tradition)

March 1st is when we Romanians used to send cards to women in our family and group of friends. The … More

Great piece on the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona (lots of photos!)

The Heard Museum showcases Hopi, Zuni, and Navajo artifacts, focusing not only on the history of these cultural objects but … More

Some of them look like American English words but mean something completely different. Examples include pissed, dishy, homely, jumper, mooch, … More

I know there’s still St. Patrick’s before the Catholic Easter of March 31, but I’m already excited about Easter, even … More

I spotted an air mattress online today and remembered one of my own from . . . back in the … More

I started a post on May 1 but didn’t have time to finish it. Here it is. — Today is … More

Here are forty-three popular Romanian expressions, most of them funny and some of them irreverent, to delight speakers of English. … More

Convenience Store Woman by Japanese writer Sayaka Murata has an interesting conceit: Keiko has absorbed the life of the convenience … More