A few of my readers are aware that the blogroll on this site has been shrinking. Since launching eclectique|916 I removed two links from my Sites, Sounds, and Bytes roll and placed them on a line-by-line “editorial merit” basis. I still read them, but rather than take the whole bunch, I’ll pull out [...]
Some people are familiar with the term “mother wit.” I’d loosely define it as a “way of knowing” combining keen observation and interest in everyday human behavior and life experiences. Mother wit is more than just common sense. It’s when my mom says something “spot on” about the ways of the world, [...]
INTERCULTURAL NETWORK FOR CULTURAL DIVERSITY
This one’s from James Early about the goings on of the Intercultural Network for Cultural Diversity (INCD). INCD is an international organization based in Toronto (Canada). It’s mission is to counter the adverse affects of globalization on world cultures. In other words, “one world” does not mean one [...]
Celebrate! As of today, Eclectique|916 has been live for one full year. It occurred to me last night as I was blogging about the Burqini. Oddly, my first post was about Muslim women’s fashion. Snap! I really didn’t plan that.
There are three people I have to thank for getting me [...]
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” a film by John Hughes
It’s pretty amazing how many people don’t finish the game in their 5th inning if you call life a game. This may sound like promotion [...]
Before there was an “Undercover Black Man,” David Mills was a somewhat mild mannered reporter for The Washington Post who was invited to share in the good fortune of his college friend David Simon on a new television series based on Simon’s book “Homocide.” “Homocide” jump started a new writing career for Mills with [...]
