Anything about the process of writing. Anything related to psychology, especially child psychology. Parenting issues. Travel. Cultures of the world, how they mingle, or not, and why. Race issues. I LOVE Japanese food and being in warm water.
Music
World music, be it African (Youssou N'Dour, Salik Keita), Latin, Oriental, Bollywood. Jazz (Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Ramsey Lewis, Keith Jarrett...) Opera. Classical. Elton John. Billy Joel. Marillion. Pink Floyd. The Bee Gees.
Movies
Reds - Dances with Wolves - Anything by John Cassavetes - Anything by Visconti - The Airplane movies - the Monthy Python movies - Gone with the Wind - Shakespeare in Love - The Sound of Music - West Side Story - White Sun, and so many more I couldn't possibly list them all.
The big thrill of my life this year was the launching of my first picture book, AMADI'S SNOWMAN, illustrated by Dimitrea Tokunbo.
Amadi knows his numbers and cannot wait to become a businessman like the older boys in his Igbo village of Nigeria. If only his mother would stop bugging him about learning to read words. On the day he runs to the market to escape her, Amadi stumbles upon a boy he knows, hiding at a book stall... reading. There, the cover of a book showing a strange white creature with a carrot for a nose catches Amadi's attention. Alas, he cannot read, and no one will answer his questions about the snowman...
Please, come and visit me at www.katianovetsaintlot.com
Who I'd like to meet: Other children's writers
Other global nomads
Other parents of multiracial children
Third Culture Kids and Adults
Anyone interested in diversity and multicultural issues
All the friends I've made while traveling or living here and there around the world...
I must have given up on him long before hearing Verklärte Nach, but now I want to give it a try! If I love it too, I'll certainly feel older and wiser, which is better than just being older.
Thanks for the add. I lok forward to Danielle's book. Have you read "Out of India" by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala? An excellent work about culture shock and ex-pats. Blessings to you.
I just went to your blog site. I can't wait to read your friend's book. My husband was a missionary in Behar several years ago. He and I honeymooned (backpacked) through India for 6 weeks in 2005.
Just reading the excerpts, my mind flashes with all that INDIA is and all the INDIA did to and for me.
There is no place like it and I don't know anyone who's been there that wasn't changed forever.
I look forward to reading your blogs and visiting with you.
Thanks for the add. :) You sound quite happy and settled in over there. My husband and I have a love for travel, adventure, and learning about other cultures. I look forward to getting to know you. How long have you been in India?
Je suis heureuse pour toi de voir aboutir un projet personnel. Ton livre sera-t-il distribué en France (ou le trouvera-t-on sur Amazon) ? Tes enfants ont dû t'inspirer ! J'adorerais voir quelque photos d'eux !
Ah, super. Je suis encore en train d'essayer de comprendre tout ce que je dois faire, là-dessus. Merci d'avoir répondu à l'appel. Je pensais avoir téléchargé une photo, mais visiblement pas :) A bientôt
