Adventures happen when you go with the flow I am a pantser not a planner. This holds true both for my writing strategy as well as for my vacation strategy. Well, okay agreed, I do plan a bit, but I never set any route/location in stone. As you might have read in my previous travelblog;Continue reading “What’s an adventure?”
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What’s in a name?
Understanding Mixed Heritage Identity Third culture kid, Cross culture kid, second generation immigrant, ‘person with migrant heritage’, mixed race, mixed heritage, half-half, the dash…. What’s in a name? Why this desire to describe others in fixed categories? Why do we need to “fit in boxes’? I hate ticking boxes. Recently I came upon this wonderfulContinue reading “What’s in a name?”
Raising multilingual kids: tips and strategies explored
Are you raising multilingual kids? Great, I’d love to hear about your approach.Which strategy do you follow? Plurilingualism is definitely my approach. Read this article in the Guardian: ‘We speak whatever language gets the job done’ <– This is what works for me, whether it’ll be successful …. we’ll just have to wait and see.Continue reading “Raising multilingual kids: tips and strategies explored”
Word limit leads to polishing
I had a quite interesting writer’s Eureka moment today, while writing a vss (very short stories) on twitter. Sometimes while writing a short story on twitter I use Colours of a Cultural Chameleon as an inspiration source. That’s what I did today, even though the prompt word ‘pale’ is nonexistent in my book. I lookedContinue reading “Word limit leads to polishing”
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