by admin | Apr 6, 2020 | Blog, Ruminations
Growing up in a close-knit community where kinship lines often overlapped; attending a Catholic primary school where Mass was a daily requirement; and serving as an altar boy following my First Communion in 1959, makes it likely that I attended almost every funeral...
by admin | Apr 6, 2020 | Blog, Ruminations
In September 1970 when I began college at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, it was as a Fine Arts and Theater major—a choice for which I was underprepared, especially when compared to my classmates, all of whom had graduated from large urban schools where a...
by admin | Apr 6, 2020 | Blog Right, Greetings
We sincerely hope this message finds you safe and well-protected from the scourge of Covid-19 that is befalling countries around the world. As a result of this unwelcome development, most public activities in Indonesia have come to a sudden halt. In an effort to...
by admin | Apr 6, 2020 | Blog Right, Greetings
First-time visitors to Indonesia, who take the trouble to study Indonesian at language centers in Yogyakarta and elsewhere, often find themselves befuddled when they get the chance to test their newly-acquired language skills. To their dismay, what they have learned...
by admin | Apr 6, 2020 | Blog Right, Greetings
Nadiem Makarim, Minister of Education and Culture, seems to take pleasure in shocking fellow Indonesians, particularly conservative-minded parents and educators with his out-of-the-box suggestions on altering and improving current schooling and learning methods. At...
