Making Pita & old fashioned photos

One of my favorite dishes in Kosovo is "Pita!"  Super-flaky layers of fillo dough with spinach and yogurt inside. Delicious!!  I have only attempted this by myself once in 2004! So I decided to give it another go yesterday- it turned out delicious!


Another cool thing, V and I have started playing with old-timey photos and videos. (see below) Imagine if people in the 1950s could have seen how crisp and clear our high def digital photos are today... and then be told that we change our photos to make them look fuzzy and old. ha!

Christmas in Norway- Part 1- Audio Blog

I have started audio-blogging. I am constantly finding peculiar things in Norway that I want to share with you all... I am always taking pictures with my phone, but usually forget to upload them. So now I can do it effortlessly on cinchcast.com.

My first entry about Norwegian Christmas Traditions
Press play to hear my commentary to the picture below:

"stick bread"

Why I ask "Why?"

WHY from the beginning
From the time I was able to talk, I was, according to my family, always asking "Why?" While my early memories have a hazy fog over them and are virtually un-retrievable, I do remember one road trip with my Memaw. After a considerable time of asking questions, Memaw promised me ice cream at the next stop if I could be quiet until then. I so loved asking Memaw questions because she always had an answer to my Whys. (Although when I asked Whys as a teenager, it was apparent to me that she usually made up her answers. ;)

So, WHY do I ask WHY?
I have an insatiable desire to understand how things work and how they interact with other things around them. I tend to see the world as being interconnected and thus, crave to know WHY something exists, WHY it's important, WHY things are understood as they are.

WHY am I creating this blog?
I have never managed to keep a blog going. But as a medical student and scholar of life, I feel that I am learning so many intiguing things and gaining insight that might be valuable for others. I am also living in a foreign culture, something which challenges my viewpoints and understanding of the world on a daily basis.

You are welcome to join me as I meander through my thoughts and discoveries on my quest to answer the question "WHY?"