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• Cancel culture and the problematic stories we carry into adulthood 3 years ago Like many people these days, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately about the problematic stories I was raised with, and I keep coming back to the role of context and framing. As I was raised in a very religious environment, top of my mind has been the biblical story of Esther. (Trigger...
• Dealing with the Advice of Others 6 years ago My decision-making skills has been called into question a lot since I moved to the Czech Republic. The list of topics for which I've received unsolicited advice since moving here is extensive and includes:Wearing of hats (children),Wearing of hats (self)Saying 'Na shledanou' ['Good bye'] with...
• About my dad 7 years ago My dad died forty days ago.I've been lost for words since then, besides a wine-and-jetlag fueled post that was all about his nose and which I was very relieved to find in the morning that I had saved only to drafts.Impressive though my dad's nose was, there are even more notable things that I think...
• Cycling in the Czech countryside 7 years ago The Czech countryside is charmingly dotted with an incredible number of little churches, chapels, and religious monuments.I'm starting to feel like something of an authority on them as I've passed an awful lot recently on my bike.In case you skimmed the previous sentence, I'd just like to stress...
• The choice to live abroad and its assorted consequences 7 years ago I was chatting with my Czech teacher after a lesson a few weeks ago and she mentioned that she'd been considering moving to China for a bit, but ultimately decided to stay.'Oh, thank goodness!' said my mother-in-law who had been keeping Smallest amused during the lesson. 'Think of your poor mother!...

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