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The Yin and Yang of Crossing Cultures

by Sheron Long on March 28, 2013

Yin-yang symbol representing a concept learned by crossing cultures

Yin and yang are always on the plate of life.

Embracing Different Cultures

Often the first taste of another culture is through its food or music or fashion, something like “hello.” But people who find a way of crossing cultures—stepping inside the culture’s traditions, language, history, attitudes, and beliefs—are forever changed by the experience. Read more...

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Crossing Cultures/Cultural Heritage & Traditions/The World's Art & Design/Vietnam

Mar

Creative Expression Glows In a Crowdsourced Sunset

by Sheron Long on March 14, 2013

Sunset, seen in a photographer's creative expression and contributed to the crowdsourced Virtual Sunset project

The day says adieu in this sunset over the Pacific Ocean in Cambria, California.
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Shared Creativity

A few years back, standing with friends on the edge of the western world, I caught a glorious sunset in my lens. It was a moment of creative expression as we laughed at pelicans diving for dinner against the glow.

We were about to dive for dinner too, but first we each had to create a tasty dish. Then we feasted on our shared creativity, a kind of friend-sourced dinner. Read more...

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The World's Art & Design/The World's Photography

Mar

Secrets of Success on Leon Panetta’s Walnut Farm

by Sheron Long on March 7, 2013

The Panetta walnut farm, one source of Leon Panetta's secrets of success

Welcome Home, Mr. Panetta

The morning light illuminates Leon Panetta’s walnut farm in his beloved Carmel Valley, a place as unpretentious as the man himself. Fences here are a little bent, a little rusted and hardly the type that you associate with the words “Department of Defense.”

Yet, this walnut farm was home to Panetta whenever he could leave Washington, where he most recently served as Secretary of Defense and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Read more...

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Secrets to Life/USA

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