Tag: Twenty

Two Towers and Twenty Two Years

I was five years old when 9/11 happened. But I still had a childhood. Sometimes it’s hard not to mourn for the children growing up today. Sometimes it’s easy to understand why fewer and fewer of us are deciding to have children in this relentlessly spinning world. It’s a difficu...

Twenty Quotes to Give you Chills.

Too often, in this social media-happy, twitter-drowning, sound-byte-bit world of ours, we use quotes like a dopamine hit: to make us feel just slightly better, but not to go deeper, to slow down, to breathe deeply. Too often, we use quotes to enable our stress and haste. But some q...

Day One of Twenty Days in Turkiye

I took a 20-day trip with my husband to Turkiye for this year's summer holiday. Each day of my trip, I documented my thoughts, experiences, and lessons learned about the beautiful yet vibrant cities of Istanbul, Izmir, and Marmaris. A lot can happen in 20 days, although the trip started off ...

I Have PTSD from Living in New York City for Twenty Years

I lived in New York City for twenty years. I was one of those “I love New York/greatest city on earth” die-hard psychos who believed there was nowhere else on the planet to live. After two decades the weather, endless gloom, and eight months a year of seasonal depression (that antidepres...

Top Twenty American Indian chiefs

There were many great and influential Native American chiefs throughout history, and it’s difficult to definitively rank them in any order. However, here are twenty American Indian chiefs who are widely recognized and respected for their leadership and contributions to their respective tribes ...