We don't celebrate Christmas. My wife is Hindu and I'm a Deist. We're raising our kids with Hindu traditions but allowing them to find their own path. When our kids started school we made a pointed decision to teach them about Hindu traditions and customs to help give them a cultural identity. This is important to children especially when they are surrounded by a more dominant culture. We started celebrating Diwali with Bhavna's family. The Hindu calendar is based on…
http://www.youtube.com/embed/L63Qow7WKHA?rel=0 A teaser for a soon to be released documentary by Tom Weston about the whaling culture in Bequia. The elderly gentleman, Athneal Olivierre -- the whaler -- is my mother's uncle. Watching this short bit of video made me feel extremely homesick. Sometimes I wonder if it was a mistake to set up a new life here in the USA. Life was simpler and less rushed on this tiny island of Bequia. I am excited to see the documentary…
You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)…
