Farmhouse Wares Hit a Sweet Spot on the Web
I caught up with a woman today who told me a year ago that she was launching a new website and a home-based business. I hear ideas like this so many times that I usually expect them to languish and never come to fruition. But this one was different–and the […]
How One of the Worst Airlines Turned Things Around
Every day I read the papers and scan the web for news about airlines and airport parking for my other blog. But yesterday, sadly, I got word that someone else would be taking it over. So I’ll no longer write that blog, even though I still enjoy finding tidbits about […]
All of France’s Nuclear Waste Fits in One Room
Last month’s Wired magazine cover made a case for accepting nuclear power if we are to ever really battle global climate change. I got up early this morning and read an op-ed in the WSJ by William Tucker that made more of the same very valid points. It’s time for […]
Sneaking into the Office to Catch Back Up
It’s been quite a while since I woke up in my own bed with my familiar cat, Mama, lying next to me. It’s great to be back home and to vault again into my two-ring circus of a job. I did of course do what bosses often do and snuck […]
Oh So Clean After Using This Eco Washer Toilet
I want one of these for my house. This toilet in the Grand Millenium Hotel in Kuala Lumpur takes care of everything, Watch as the little spout pops out to spray water then goes back again. Just don’t use it if you’re not sitting down!
The Elephants of Kuala Gandah Pop to the Top
After twenty plus hours sitting in the back of a plane, I reached the familiar house where I grew up near Princeton NJ late last night. Nat and Val were eager to find out about the trip. What I love about my two parents is that they are always so […]
Taking the Stage As the Arab Street Looks On
We took a walk after dinner and came upon a festival, with pulsing rhythmic Arab music flowing from a corner of two streets in the Golden Triangle. It was the Festival Sampah, and the people crowding the stage and dancing wildly were all Arab. The music was hypnotic, the pulsing […]
The Great Hornbill, Sarawak’s Symbol
The Great Hornbill is among the most impressive birds that we saw in Kuala Lumpur’s giant bird park, located in the ‘green lung of the city,’ a series of parks and a giant mosque. Strolling down lanes under a huge green canopy, there were all manner of birds, from owls […]