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British philosopher Bertrand Russell, famously conjugated the verb “to be” this way: I am firm. You are obstinate. He is a pig-headed fool. And so we begin Part III of our ongoing series that began last January with When Cultural Difference is Used … Read More
Cultural difference has morphed of late into a lame excuse for bad behavior. Take this recent headline: Renegades boss blames ‘cultural differences‘ as Chris Gayle is fined $10,000 That was a headline I caught through the magic that is … Read More
This coming Monday we shall celebrate a national holiday here in the U.S., the birth of civil rights leader, The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., who was assassinated April 4, 1968, while standing on a balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. I was a … Read More
As we enter our own gift giving season, I’m posting this “Bonus Scene” because the experience helped me look more closely at the gift-giving parts of my own culture that I’d never thought about before. … Read More
Hello, Alpha Mother has been telling me for months that I could have a go at her blog. “The time will come. Just be patient,” she’d say each time I gave her that “look.” So imagine my surprise when she called … Read More
How do you teach an ESL class when you have no voice? It’s easy. Sort of [The “bonus” scenes from At Home on the Kazakh Steppe continue with this one from my first semester.] They put … Read More
The Gestalt Prayer, penned in 1969 by the granddaddy of Gestalt Therapy, Fritz Perls, floated in psychotherapy circles for many years. Some embraced it as a necessary reality; others shunned it as harsh. I won’t give you the details … Read More
Friendship is one of the themes in my memoir, At Home on the Kazakh Steppe. And one I wanted to investigate a bit further. Hence, a blog post on it. In preparing for this series on friendship, I read … Read More
“Why did you do all this for me?” he asked. “I don’t deserve it. I’ve never done anything for you.” “You have been my friend,” replied Charlotte. “That in itself is a tremendous thing.” ― E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web … Read More