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Before the Red Chair is Blue

June 15, 2019 //  by Lori Younker//  Leave a Comment

Missionary service is the only way to truly prove your dedication to Jesus Christ. Or so I mistakenly thought—and upon which I built two decades of my life. To not be overseas was to be living in rebellion against prayers prayed and commitments made. To not be overseas meant ignoring a calling, …

Category: Blog Entry, Featured

Coming home again.

December 8, 2018 //  by Lori Younker//  Leave a Comment

Coming home? Fondly called the RE-ENTRY PROCESS, reverse culture shock is a formidable minefield. The unsuspecting could definitely be caught off guard. When our family returned from our five years abroad, there was a simple exit-interview with one of the personnel directors at mission headquarters …

Category: Blog Entry, Featured, My ThoughtsTag: culture shock, world traveler

Are there ethics that should apply to our writing?

December 1, 2018 //  by Lori Younker//  Leave a Comment

A school teacher has an ethical approach to her teaching. We could call it her PHILOSOPHY of teaching. Written or not, she acts out her philosophy over and over again, the EVIDENCE found in the MOMENTS that make up a school day. As a teacher myself, I respect the individual and his or her right to …

Category: Blog Entry, Creative Nonfiction, Devotional, Featured, My ThoughtsTag: Brevity.org, cultural ethics, fake news, national geographic, personal historian, writing mentor

Twain–a world traveler

August 6, 2018 //  by Lori Younker//  Leave a Comment

The Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume One, lies open before me. These 467 pages represent just a portion of the extensive memoir of Samuel Clemens who wrote under the pen-name of Mark Twain. I close the volume to study the cover. Twain is presented in his later years in this photograph of black …

Category: Featured, My Thoughts, Travel Blog, Uncategorized

The Classic 5-Paragraph Essay

July 10, 2018 //  by Lori Younker//  Leave a Comment

Typical 5 Essay format:   Introduction (hook, background, thesis) Body (transition statements and details), Conclusion (with a quick reference to the opposition, repeat of thesis, and an inspirational appeal)  To Love Your Job Teaching is a wonderful profession. Where else can you hangout with …

Category: Essay, My Thoughts, Writing Tips

Color–Culturally loaded?

July 3, 2018 //  by Lori Younker//  Leave a Comment

< Physically speaking, color may affect mood as interior and industrial designers have proven. Take for example the hotel that I recently stayed. The huge lobby was decorated in muted orange, clay, and silver. The wall sconces shed soft light on the surroundings, the waterfall added the gentle …

Category: Blog Entry, Featured, My ThoughtsTag: cultural artifact, cultural expression, Fourth of July, understanding

Asphalt Nation

June 25, 2018 //  by Walker Hayes//  Leave a Comment

During the '90s there was an anti-car book called Asphalt Nation that mentioned a kid taunting people who couldn't afford cars and had to ride the bus as being on the "Loser Cruiser".  I'm against the taunting, but I love cars for their attractiveness and I really like driving.  The book Asphalt …

Category: Letter to an Editor

How dare you Compare one culture to another?

June 21, 2018 //  by Lori Younker//  Leave a Comment

It's risky business. I mean to compare one culture to another. In this post, I would like to show how David Casarett tastefully handles COMPARING ONE CULTURE TO ANOTHER in his novel Murder at the House of Rooster Happiness. How do we do that at the risk of offending our readers? Today, …

Category: Featured, Literary AnalysisTag: acculturation, Brevity.org, creative nonfiction, cross-culture, culture shock, Thai, Thai Food, Thailand, travel, Travel Blog

TONE SETTING–an illustrated explanation

June 17, 2018 //  by Lori Younker//  Leave a Comment

David Casarett’s novel, Murder at the House of Rooster Happiness, is a showcase for Thai culture. In our last discussion on “cultural” references in fiction, we focused on the author’s addition of Thai food and descriptions. From him, we can learn how to incorporate foreign food in our …

Category: Literary Analysis, Writing TipsTag: Brevity.org, creative nonfiction magazine, cross-culture, culture, interior dialogue, Narrative, Thai Food, Thailand, tone setting, travel, writing tips

Mouth-Watering Fiction teaches what it means to be THAI

June 15, 2018 //  by Lori Younker//  Leave a Comment

It’s not often I actually finish a book. It’s true of both my writing and reading habits. It takes me a year or many years to finish writing a book and to prepare it for publishing. For reading, I confess there are so many distractions, and I rarely find a book that I love. Recently I found, …

Category: Featured, Literary AnalysisTag: cross-cultural, David Casarett, detective agency novel, Thai Food, Thailand, travel

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