Black, Blonde, Asian, or Other — Gawked at While Traveling the World
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Black, Blonde, Asian, or Other — Gawked at While Traveling the World

This past Saturday, while scrolling through Instagram, I stopped in my tracks at a picture of Oneika Raymond. The picture was lovely, but the words are what lured me in and kept me reading (and replying) to comments for almost an hour. The topic? Oneika gave a candid recap of her experience as a black…

Lena Papadopoulos: Not Your Average Greek-American GirlΒ 
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Lena Papadopoulos: Not Your Average Greek-American GirlΒ 

I met Lena Papadopoulos through Instagram, a place to see pictures — lots and lots of pictures. And it’s a place to encounter personalities — very veryΒ BIG personalities. On occasion, it can even be a place to start friendships. I experienced this firsthand this summer, when two travelers I’d previously only known via scrollingΒ or comment…

Georgeanne Brennan’s Provence: On Garlic, Gardening, Cuisine & Creative Living (She had me at garlic!)
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Georgeanne Brennan’s Provence: On Garlic, Gardening, Cuisine & Creative Living (She had me at garlic!)

For years now I’ve been bullying myself into reading things I β€œought to” — regardless of whether the words were compelling.Β But this summerΒ I swallowed two of Georgeanne Brennan’s books whole and enjoyed that novel feeling of indulging myself. Not only in words so lovingly crafted to convey all that is ProvenΓ§al, but in the accompanying…