Tale of an intrepid woman who taught Maasai girls
Tears of sadness and joy overflowed my eyes many times as I read Among the Maasai by Juliet Cutler. Her writing is so vivid and absorbing that, as a reader, I related to her every step of the way, as she told the story of her two years as a young teacher in Tanzania at the Maasai Secondary School...
Intrepid Women I Admire – and I think you will, too!
I’m fascinated with intrepid women—from history and from today—especially those who wrote about their lives. Why? Because I consider myself to be an intrepid woman—one who is/was fearless about traveling the world, willing to venture far outside my comfort zone, and take on challenges that no one...
Question: How do ordinary Chinese view their government?
Shanghai Free Taxi is the best book I’ve read that shows how ordinary Chinese think and live. Author Frank Langfitt, who worked as Shanghai correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR) from 2011-2016, discovered a delightfully innovative way to gain insights into ordinary Chinese minds: he...
A Personal Memoir of a Pivotal Era
Under a warm white sky, Tiananmen Square bustles with the joy of anarchy. Nearly a million citizens of China, overcoming their fears, have gushed forth from their tiny flats into this open space at the center of Beijing. On this May day in 1989, an eager yet uneasy sense of amazement draws me to this familiar public space, now teaming with peaceful protestors. Televised images of this scene have been sparking imaginations all over the world this week; what will I find, in person?
