Maringa, BRAZIL – “Ho, ho, ho” is what the western part of the world was listening to during the...
Category - New Year’s
What colors will fill my 2022?
Christine Marinho/YJI HOUSTON – 2021 was my ebony year. A year in which every color mixed together...
Acts of kindness softened 2021
Liverpool, UK – As I’m sure most would agree, 2021 has been a strange year. It started with a UK...
An Irish proverb to see us through the gray skies of 2022
DUBLIN – Last year, my reflection on 2020 was somewhat bleak. I looked forward to 2021 with a...
In NYC, 2021 was 2020 on repeat
NEW YORK – The year 2021 seemed like 2020, Part 2 in New York City as the pandemic reaches...
Equality in covid care needed in 2022
STOCKHOLM – When I think back to the start of 2021, I remember the fear. Panic about new variants...
Facing adversity – and 2022 – with optimism
Melbourne, AUSTRALIA – As the curtain starts to close on 2021, it is easy to view the year in a...
Istanbul’s quiet New Year
ISTANBUL – As another year passed, Turkey had its New Year celebration, but it was different this...