by kpalana | May 4, 2017 | Blog
How My Husband Lost Nearly 1K Twitter Followers Overnight: It’s All In Your Name. First, I have to warn you that this blog post includes the word “poop.” “Poopie Poopie Butt Boobie Butt,” to be more precise. You see, I have two small boys ages five and...
by kpalana | Jun 4, 2016 | Blog
Introducing My Husband Michael, the New Tea Blogger In Town A few months ago I decided to try giving one of those “heartfelt” gifts that are all the rage for Valentine’s Day for my husband Michael. My goal was to take his overflowing passion for tea...
by kpalana | Mar 31, 2016 | Blog
Now that my days in Rome are numbered before our impending move to Myanmar this summer, I find myself thinking quite a bit about the spaces we inhabit and the nature of change. Back in Swansea, Massachusetts in the early 1990’s I once sat in Spanish class in a...
by kpalana | Dec 6, 2015 | Blog
First Impressions OK. I’m not going to lie. I’m not the same broke graduate student I once was back in 2000 slogging through the muck in New Delhi, India in monsoon rains or the young woman in her twenties without children traipsing through Guatemala,...
by kpalana | Sep 17, 2015 | Blog
(*This is the last post of an ongoing little mini diary I’ve been keeping about the process of redesigning my website.) All right. Here it is, the post you’ve all been (OK, I have been) waiting for. I think my website has thoroughly been made over! ...