My Favorite Things

I wrote this post before Christmas, but I never got around to publishing it. The holidays went by in a whirl of chaos, but one night I was baking and listening to Christmas music. My Favorite Things played and, being alone in the kitchen, I was able to pay attention...

Am I a Scrooge?

Originally published on Medium. How do you differentiate selfishness from self-preservation? I grew up in the United States, where Christmas is a mishmash of many traditions old and new. In my family, we always looked forward to the presents and the food, of course,...

Hotter than what???

I know many of you are a bit chilly right now, but just be grateful you’re not in Panama. Here it’s hot… and I mean hot. Here we have a saying that it’s mas caliente que tres pares de cajones. In other words, it’s hotter than three pairs...