3 Months in Mexico: Mazatlan, San Miguel de Allende, Oaxaca & Puerto Morelos
Our years-long hunt for the perfect snowbird destination continues
Tema Frank
Historical Fiction & Business Author, World Traveler & Speaker
Tema Frank
Historical Fiction & Business Author, World Traveler & Speaker
Tema
Book Review: Babel, by R.F. Kuang
Babel, by R. F. Kuang, is an outstanding historical fantasy novel exploring racism, sexism, colonialism, power politics, social justice, and ... linguistics!
Book Review: The Secrets We Kept
Not all women of the 1950s were willing to settle back into non-career life. Learn the story behind the spies who helped launch Doctor Zhivago to fame.
Is San Cristobal de las Casas Set to Be the Next Big Expat Retiree Destination?
Pros & cons of San Cristobal de las Casas, in Chiapas, Mexico, after having spent a month here.
Book Review: Liberation Day, by George Saunders
An inventive, entertaining and thought-provoking book of short stories.
Book Review – Demon Copperhead
An extraordinary book. Barbara Kingsolver's Demon Copperhead is well worth the time it takes to read or listen to.
Grade One Christmas – A Little Jew’s Story
When school and family conflict over Christmas traditions, what's a Jewish Grade One student supposed to believe?
Holiday Reading Ideas
Four books to enjoy reading over the holidays (or at any other time!)
What’s a Jew To Do?
How a secular, humanist Jew loses friends on both sides of the Israel-Gaza divide. It is scary to speak up at a time like this but too isolating not to.
Fun With History
You get a different sense of history when you read old newspapers instead of just history books.