I married a man who didn’t look a lot like me. Dennis grew up in Trinidad in the 1960s and 1970s. Corinne and I haven’t yet submitted the CRI Genetics ancestry kits that I bought last year 😯, but Dennis always described himself as Chinese, Indian, and British. I grew…
This past Friday, Corinne’s school unexpectedly released all of the students early, and her friend Lanisa needed a ride. Instead of going home, Lanisa asked her parents if she could spend the afternoon with Corinne. While they were hanging out, Corinne told Lanisa about the letterman sweater that my dad…
Benjamin Franklin is pretty well-known for the quote in the headline. Another one that I read while I searched for quotes about keeping secrets was from an Italian essayist, scholar, and poet, and it made me chuckle. Fausto Cercignani said, “A secret remains a secret until you make someone promise…
