“Cats are like yoga,” my vet said to me, looking lovingly at my kitty on the table. I guess she meant that they force you to slow down and observe. Otherwise, good luck getting close to these sensitive and fickle creatures. According to her, my cats seemed calm. Like the…

Culture, value and norms are signposts. So what do you do when you can’t read the signs? I am, unfortunately, an expert in cultural misunderstandings. After 10 years living outside my home country, I have accumulated a rather disproportionate amount of personal experience, read and studied the subject academically so…