Dorothy HomWhen Someone Believes in You More Than YourselfMelissa Bank gave her students encouragement. Losing her means we can still empower ourselves.Aug 9, 20221Aug 9, 20221
Dorothy HomGarden Stories 2022The Westhampton Garden Club’s 2022 House & Garden Tour features seven unique properties lush with plantings, each with a warmhearted…Jul 11, 2022Jul 11, 2022
Dorothy HomAn End Inspires Multiple BeginningsTaking in my aging mother revives a past and projects a future.Aug 25, 20214Aug 25, 20214
Dorothy HomI Am Your Chink!Shopping these days while wearing a face mask, I brace for the instant my visible slanty eyes betray me as Chinese. Reading the news about…May 4, 2020May 4, 2020
Dorothy HomA Loss Reminds Me Why My Mother Destroyed the PastMy mother, Yoke Won Hom, my father, Tun Funn Hom, and I at the September 2009 opening of Museum of Chinese in America. A video describing…Feb 6, 20201Feb 6, 20201
Dorothy HomMaybe Voltaire was WrongYesterday I felt nauseous. The news of a death from the clash between White Nationalists and counter-protesters in Charlottesville, VA…Aug 13, 2017Aug 13, 2017
Dorothy HomA Woman’s Point of View (vs. that of a Man’s)Eyes closed, body at rest, I inhaled thinking, “here” and exhaled thinking, “now”, following writer Dani Shapiro’s instructions to empty my…Sep 26, 20161Sep 26, 20161
Dorothy HomNow I Understand How Germany Created HitlerAfter months of avoiding the astonishing, unimaginable train-wreck that is the Republican primary campaign, I finally turned on the TV to…Mar 3, 20166Mar 3, 20166
Dorothy HomA Block Party in BurmaDrawn by a squalling loudspeaker, scurrying children, and the colorful array of suspended lights parading down the alleyway, we peered into…Dec 31, 2015Dec 31, 2015