Food

Yes, we all need to eat!  Here, we love to cook and create new recipes or explore cuisines from different parts of the world by just following recipes that are out there.  Please sit back and enjoy as we add on to our culinary creations!

Culture and Travel

Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples  cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and  understand each other, we may even become friends.   Maya Angelou With these words of wisdom, we have decided to also just write about things we like, our travels and explorations of different cultures. […]

Bullying – what can be done

My opinion as a parent, human services practitioner and coach is, that actions can be taken to help children, who are being bullied, and also, to help address bullying when it occurs.  Having said that, not everything is bullying and kid also have to learn to ignore behaviors, which are just annoying.  However, if the behaviors escalate and become worse […]

Bahrain

Never in my previous life would I have thought to visit this small island alongside the Eastern coast of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – it just happened that my husband was stationed there and we decided to visit him. So myself and sons set out to fly there.  Although I was traveling by myself with two children, immigration at […]

Thoughts on reflecting on one’s own Taekwondo journey

 It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.  – Marcus Tullius Cicero  A little while ago I posted “Thoughts about moving beyond just teaching Taekwondo – Mentoring novice and junior ranking students,” suggesting that those who teach or mentor Taekwondo students should be engaged in a […]