Ti Ti
During winter break from teaching in 2013, I went to Myanmar/Burma with the hope of connecting with Daw Aung
San Suu Kyi, often called the Lady. I had wanted to interview her for years. Even though I didn’t realize my
long-held dream, the four weeks in Myanmar was the best trip overseas in my entire life.
While touring Inle Lake, Moh Moh, my tour guide, had to pick up some material at her home about where I would
be going after leaving that part of Myanmar. Interestingly, Ti Ti, her nine-year-old daughter, was on vacation
from school. When I walked into their living room, I has greeted with this question, “Hi. My name is Ti Ti. Do
you want to play some games?”
We are playing Scrabble.
I said that I went to Myanmar to see the Lady, but I discovered a young lady. When I left her home, I also
found my granddaughter. That was in 2013. Since then, we have emailed each other many times. During that time, I
again attempted to contact Aung San Suu Kyi. Despite not being able to communicate with her, I still returned to
Myanmar to spend a week with Ti Ti and her family.
Ti Ti
In the four years between my visits, Ti Ti changed a great deal. She has a long list of things on her résumé.
Beyond being brilliant, she is a magician, poet, a caring person, protective of her younger sisters, and always
wants to help anyone. In addition, she is an extremely well-informed tour guide.
Therefore, I asked Ti Ti to help my readers to better understand the many tourist sites in Myanmar. This
section of my webpage is devoted to informing you about Ti Ti’s country.
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The Virgin King
Enjoying Life in Another World
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09/20/24 |
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Another Parallel
With James Earl Jones and Me
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09/18/24 |
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Discovering a Mentor
In a Field of Dreams
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09/13/24 |
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Another Set of Photos
For Ti Ti from PaPa Al
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09/09/24 |
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We Are All Teachers
Be Careful What You Teach
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08/28/24 |
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The Snowman vs Allen
How To Change the World
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08/23/24 |
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Replying to Ti Ti’s Request
For a Photo of PaPa Al
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08/09/24 |
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You Know that You Are Getting Old
When You Don’t Know All the New Words and Slogans
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08/05/24 |
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Lessons Learned in Former British Colonies
Like America, South Africa, and Myanmar
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07/31/24 |
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The Third Old Man
Or Three Coins in the Fountain of Life
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07/29/24 |
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How to Become Rich
Without Any Much Money
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07/01/24 |
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How Will We Be Remembered
Another Either / Or Essay
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06/28/24 |
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I’m Leading Death Again
On My Dancefloor of Life
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06/10/24 |
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A Poem for Ti Ti
Who is Now Twenty
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06/02/24 |
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The Flying Dutchman
Then and Now
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05/03/24 |
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Field of Dreams
A Haunting Return
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04/24/24 |
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Immortal Beloved
Beethoven’s, Shakespeare’s, and Mine
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04/19/24 |
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What I Discovered
When I Wasn’t Looking
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04/08/24 |
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Träumerei
Then and Now
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03/15/24 |
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Bo Bo Gyi
And His Advice to His Granddaughter
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02/19/24 |
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Snow and Fatty
Are Following in Ti Ti’s Footsteps
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01/19/24 |
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Donald the Dumb Believes
Some Really Dumb Things
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01/15/24 |
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What’s It All About...
The Paradox of Life
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12/29/23 |
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Unexpected Events
Can Create Opportunities for Greatness
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12/25/23 |
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PaPa Al’s Reply
To Ti Ti’s Posting, I Love Education
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12/15/23 |
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Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night
A Lesson Taught by Dylan Thomas
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11/06/23 |
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Breath of Fresh Air
From My Web Administrator
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10/20/23 |
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Me and My Echocardiogram
Beyond a Diagnosis
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10/18/23 |
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Ti Ti, the Artist
The Georgia O’Keeffe of Myanmar
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10/02/23 |
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My Second Shot
Or the First Insurrection
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09/22/23 |
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My World of Xanadu
Another Personal Parallel Essay
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09/20/23 |
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Ti Ti’s Surprising Email
To Her Grandfather
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09/18/23 |
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Tyson’s Two Thoughts
Regarding AI and a Ticking Clock
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09/15/23 |
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The Importance of Happenstance
For Heavenly Clauses
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09/08/23 |
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Jumping Hoops for a Prescription
Raises Ethical Issues at Various Levels
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09/04/23 |
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Ginger’s Gifts
From Michelle
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08/25/23 |
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Holding Hands with Neal Katyal
What My Teacher Taught Me
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08/21/23 |
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Haunting Photos
Then and Now
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08/09/23 |
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Oppie and Me
The Similarities are Striking
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07/24/23 |
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College Days Part II
Onsite...Finally
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05/26/23 |
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Gosh Josh
You Are So into Your Masculinity
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05/24/23 |
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Heart of Royalty
An Either or Choice
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05/10/23 |
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A Golden Opportunity
Explaining Ti Ti to her Class
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04/10/23 |
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Picking Mentors
Choose Wisely
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04/05/23 |
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Music Explains Me
Music Drives Me
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03/03/23 |
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Happy Birthday Moh Moh
And Many More
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02/27/23 |
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Jabbering Parrots
What We Can Learn from Churchill and Buffett
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02/22/23 |
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Fatty and Bo Bo Gyi
Addressing Our Nation’s Problems
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02/06/23 |
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The Evolution of Aldie
According to a 21st Century Darwinian Theory
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01/23/23 |
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What’s It All About Alfie?
From an Eighty-Year Old Alfie
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01/20/23 |
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My Quest for Eldorado
In Three Parts
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01/16/23 |
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Than
Myanmar’s van Gogh
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01/11/23 |
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Grasping Reality
I Can’t Explain It
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01/09/23 |
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Repeating the Past
It’s Just Fake News
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12/14/22 |
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Problems are Assets
Seize the Problems
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12/09/22 |
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My Twilight Hauntings...
About Immortality
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11/25/22 |
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Growing Up Without Transparency
And Finally Discovering It
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10/14/22 |
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Facing Storms of Life
Another Either/Or Situation
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10/07/22 |
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Seeing Things More Clearly
On My Yellow Brick Road
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08/22/22 |
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Hoosier’s Neighbor?
The Ultimate Question
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08/17/22 |
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An Important Teaching Moment
Joe and I Are Twins
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08/10/22 |
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Happy Birthday Snow
You Are 13
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07/22/22 |
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Another Mantra of Mine
Be a Storyteller
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07/8/22 |
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Trouble in River City
Come Hell or High Water
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06/24/22 |
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The Battle of the Alamo…
Past, Present, and Future
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05/11/22 |
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I Love Teaching…
Here in Myanmar or Anywhere
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05/09/22 |
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Ti Ti, the Driven
An Exceptional Young Lady
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05/04/22 |
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Grasping Reality
While My Clock Is Ticking
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04/29/22 |
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Diversity Visas
What’s That All About, Alfie?
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04/24/22 |
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Acclimating to the New World
In Mt. Lebanon, Taunggyi, and Crown Point
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04/20/22 |
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Building Castles in the Sky
Pushing the Limits of Possibility
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04/13/22 |
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I Have Miles to Go
Before I Sleep
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04/04/22 |
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Seeing the Future
At Least Three Times
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03/30/22 |
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My Family in Myanmar:
A Sequel to What’s It All About
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03/28/22 |
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Children and War
Ukraine and Myanmar
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03/18/22 |
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Ti Ti, the Teacher
Of Her Classmates and Me
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03/16/22 |
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My Great-Granddaughter
A Younger Version of My Granddaughters
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03/07/22 |
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History Is Repetitious
Then and Now
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02/21/22 |
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My Personality Quirks…
I Have Several
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02/16/22 |
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The Tale of My Foot
Years Ago and Today
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02/11/22 |
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Parallels Between Myanmar and America
Even Though They Are On the Other Side of the World
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02/04/22 |
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My Dream of Diversity
In the Footsteps of Bobby
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02/02/22 |
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When I Become a Billionaire…
A Jaguar SUV Will Be in My Garage
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01/26/22 |
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Two Countries
Living in One World
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01/24/22 |
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My Dreamland
During My Operation
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01/19/22 |
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Coming to America
A Dream of Many
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01/17/22 |
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A Reason for Being…
The Most Important Reason for My Being
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12/31/21 |
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Christmas:
Past, Present, and Future
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12/24/21 |
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Moh Moh’s Roles in Our Family:
My Daughter and My Mother
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12/06/21 |
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I Love My Family
With Some Caveats
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12/03/21 |
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“The Moving Finger Writes”
Another Teaching Moment
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11/26/21 |
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My Extended Family
You Can See Her Painting.
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11/15/21 |
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A New World Order
The World from Campbell’s Perspective
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11/01/21 |
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A New Ripple
And a Purposeful Life
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10/27/21 |
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Paying Homage…
To Me
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10/25/21 |
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The Duality of Changing
Times Change, and We Change
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10/22/21 |
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Miss Independent
Bo Bo Gyi’s Granddaughter
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10/15/21 |
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Ti Ti and Education
Why Is Education Critical?
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10/04/21 |
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What’s All This About Women?
The Times They Are A-Changin’ Ever So Slowly
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10/01/21 |
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Once Upon a Midnight Dreary….
“Ride, Boldly Ride”
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09/27/21 |
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Parallels with Ti Ti
A Part of Which Are Genetic
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09/24/21 |
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“I’m Doing the Dance”
The Title of Ti Ti’s Poem
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09/03/21 |
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Snow’s Poem
About Her New Normal
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09/01/21 |
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Realizing the New Normal
What’s All About, Alfie?
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08/30/21 |
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Gandhi’s Tribute to Moh Moh
For Her Indomitable Will
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08/11/21 |
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It Is Time To Write Poetry
Another Teaching Event
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08/06/21 |
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A Follow-Up to Snow’s Email
Another Teaching Moment
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07/26/21 |
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We Are Cave Men
But What Is Our Purpose in Life?
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07/23/21 |
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A Ngal Lay
My Great-Granddaughter
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07/14/21 |
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Poets Both Past and Present
Amanda Gorman and Sarah Kay
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07/09/21 |
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Write On
Advice from PaPa Al, aka Grandpa
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06/28/21 |
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Scarface PaPa Al
Isn’t My Nickname
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06/25/21 |
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One More Comment For Ti Ti
As She Journeys Down Her Yellow Brick Road
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06/11/21 |
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The Little One,
A Part of My Family
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06/09/21 |
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Set Set Yo
And a Little Child
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06/04/21 |
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Ti Ti is Sweet Seventeen
Happy Birthday
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06/02/21 |
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Reincarnation of Ra-Ra…
Reincarnation of Ra-Ra… |
05/14/21 |
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Learn and Become a Storyteller
All You Need To Do Is To Travel |
05/10/21 |
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The History of Myanmar…
Is Being Written Now |
05/07/21 |
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The Haunting Question
Which Sir Launfal Are You? |
04/30/21 |
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A Funny Thing Happened While on Zoom
My Fourth La Danse Macabre |
04/19/21 |
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Learning from Collecting
Written by a Collector of Treasures |
04/16/21 |
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My Quest to Find Meaning Life
My Search for My Holy Grail |
04/07/21 |
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I Live in Two WorldsI Have Benefited from One World |
03/22/21 |
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What’s It All About Aldie My Haunting Question |
03/19/21 |
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A Tale of Two Countries And a Present-Day Theme and Variation of Life |
03/03/21 |
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Learning Is Three-Dimensional… But It Is Discovered On the Road |
01/29/21 |
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Finding ImmortalityGilgamesh and Ti Ti |
01/22/21 |
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Purposeful LivesOn Steroids |
01/13/21 |
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Seeing Ourselves as Others See UsIn This Case, Ti Ti Seeing Herself |
01/08/21 |
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A Teaching MomentWith Ti Ti |
01/01/21 |
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Blue House Remodeled…With Drive and Determination |
11/30/20 |
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The Giving and GettingBoth Parties Benefit |
10/21/20 |
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Hear Ye, Hear Ye…Ti Ti Is Starting College Today! |
10/16/20 |
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Amazing Grace Or More of the Same Insanity |
10/07/20 |
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My Two Worlds…Affect My Life |
10/05/20 |
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This is Success in the MakingYou Heard It First from PaPa Al |
09/30/20 |
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This Is an AddendumTi Ti, the Bridge Builder |
09/25/20 |
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From Then to NowWhat a Difference Seven Years Has Made |
09/23/20 |
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Masks Matter…To Some |
09/16/20 |
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Two PoemsBy Two Ladies |
09/14/20 |
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I Live in Two Worlds:One in the States and One in Myanmar |
09/07/20 |
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Coming Home to RoostKierkegaard, Mt. Lebanon, Dancing, and My Family |
09/04/20 |
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There Is More to Dreaming…Than Just Dreaming |
08/07/20 |
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A Teaching MomentWhile Walking Ginger |
07/31/20 |
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Ti TiMy Granddaughter and Poet Laurate |
07/24/20 |
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"Give Me a Place to Stand...And I Will Move the World.” |
07/20/20 |
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A Tribute to Ti Ti The Young Lady |
07/06/20 |
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The Long-Neck WomenA Tradition in Myanmar |
06/24/20 |
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Living in the New NormalOur New World Order |
05/29/20 |
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The Use of DrugsDonnie, Aldie, and Dr. Goodspeed |
05/27/20 |
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It Is All About FamilyAnd Who Makes Up Our Family |
05/20/20 |
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Our Reason for BeingDiscover It |
05/18/20 |
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The Elephant RideOver the Alps of Myanmar |
05/11/20 |
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Ballooning Over BaganWith My Family |
05/06/20 |
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Ti Ti…The Amazing Young Lady |
04/29/20 |
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Taung Kwe PagodaAn Out of the World Location |
04/27/20 |
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Why I Love Inle LakeTwo Reasons |
04/22/20 |
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We Face Two PandemicsBoth Need Immediate Attention |
03/11/20 |
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Mr. ChipsAn Updated Version |
02/26/20 |
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The Teak BridgePart 2 of a 4 Parts Series |
01/29/20 |
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Reflections on My LifeIn My Twilight Years |
01/27/20 |
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My Swan SongAnd My Family’s Swan Song |
01/17/20 |
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Music as a Unifying Force
Also for Oneself
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06/28/19
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My Family Escaped
From the Jurassic Park in Myanmar
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06/21/19
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Family
Who Is Your Family?
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06/17/19
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Wanderlust
Travel with No Regret
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05/01/19
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The Moving Finger Writes
And the Writings Haunt Me
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04/26/19
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Ti Ti and Oscar Wilde’s Advice
No Excuses and No Regrets
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04/19/19
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My Granddaughter…
Knows How to Play Her Cards
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03/27/19
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Ti Ti…
A Remarkable Young Lady
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03/18/19
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Dreaming….
About My Moment in Time
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03/11/19
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One Moment in Time
Carpe Diem
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03/04/19
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Warren Buffett
Don’t Sleep Walk Through Life
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02/22/19
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Light at the End of the Tunnel
However, the Tunnel is an Illusion
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02/06/19
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Pa Pa Al’s Grandfatherly Advice
To Ti Ti Who Doesn’t Need It.
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01/11/19
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Christmas Gifts for Owen
From People Around the World
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12/28/18
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Christmas Gifts for Jack
From People Around the World
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12/26/18
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"Look at Me
I Am Old but I’m Happy" |
11/14/18
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Dreaming
The Drug for Realizing Your Hopes |
11/07/18
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Serendipitous Moments in My Life
And They Are Haunting Me |
10/31/18
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A Journey of a Thousand Miles…
Started in a Living Rooms
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10/12/18
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Sexism in Society
Especially in Washington
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10/05/18
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Ti Ti and Her Selfie
That’s My Granddaughter…
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04/09/18
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Marner and Eppie
Me and the Girls
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03/16/18
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Ti Ti
The Tour Guide
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03/15/18
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