April 2010
April 13th, 2010
Written by Zain Deane in Cultural Uniqueness with 0 Comments
As a young Lebanese woman growing up in Australia, Aheda Zanetti faced a perplexing challenge. Like many Muslim women raised in the West, Zanetti, torn between adhering to Islamic clothing norms of conservative dress, and keeping up with prevailing western fashions had to find a middle ground. Neither a burqa (a traditional Islamic garment that cloaks a woman from head to toe, nor a bikini would...
April 8th, 2010
Written by Eun-Joo Park in The Welcoming Table with 0 Comments
Tis the season to encounter white folk, black folk, brown folk, olive folk, red folk, yellow folk, all sniffling and coughing away. The common cold has no issues with color or continent when bestowing misery. Thankfully, chicken soup is just as colorblind and global in bringing comfort. ~JSE It begins in the black heart of winter. Our bodies, besieged by frigid temperatures outside and lung-...
April 7th, 2010
Written by Ann Marina in Travels' Tapestry with 0 Comments
Less than a three-hour drive south of Anchorage, the city of Kenai (“keen-eye”) is at the heart of the Kenai Peninsula. With a population of about 7,000, Kenai is on the western side of the peninsula, where the Kenai River, famous for salmon fishing, flows into Cook Inlet.The name Kenai, said to derive from Kenayskaya, a Russian term, means “flat, barren land.” Today, however, the richly cultural...
April 5th, 2010
Written by David Conrads in Cover Stories with 0 Comments
Of all the components that make up American cities, none has more impact on a city’s sense of community, prosperity, and public life than its streets.As transportation arteries, streets have the capacity to unify disparate groups, allow people to move with relative freedom from one part of town to another, yet, these same streets may also serve to divide and isolate. In the days of legal...
April 2nd, 2010
Written by Ann Tierney Prochnow in Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
All children struggle through battles with the common cold, flu and fevers. As parents, we wipe their runny noses and take their temperature, offering them comfort as they heal, knowing that it’s just another part of growing up. However, when your child battles a chronic, life-threatening disease, such as asthma, diabetes or cancer, the stakes are much higher. In those cases, parents are then...