Sandmonkey is still my favorite local blogger. From yesterday:
Today we are having a family Iftar, which means that our house has turned into a war zone. Cooks and maids are running all over, the Fridges are totally stacked with drinks and countless chickens have been sacrifised in order to feed the army that is […]
Sometimes the expatriate life feels like year-round family camp, full of stimulating activities and recreational opportunities shared among a single set of folks who bunk together in the same two-square-mile campus.
Most children attend the same high-quality school with a set of unusually dedicated counselors, er, teachers. If the children do not have some prescheduled […]
While many of our loved ones at home are now contendedly immersed in autumn, we continue to bask crankily in summer, endless summer. The world seemed bit cooler earlier in the month, but the past several days have been just deadly. Hot, still, dry — deadly. Not once has it crossed my mind […]
As we speak, there are workmen in my home, plastering up the various walls that have been flaking away for the past year or so, due to water seepage from the garden. The last opportunity these guys had to eat or drink was about 4:45 this morning. Notably, it is about 95 degrees outside.
I […]
1. Eleanor Roosevelt’s first name is “Anna,” after her mother.
2. Eleanor Roosevelt’s birthday is October 11 (1884).
How’s that for a soul sister?
This lantern hangs in a tree outside our door. They are hanging up everywhere.
In Ramadan, nobody is allowed to eat, from sunrise to sunset. If they can’t fast — like if they are pregnant, or if they are sick, or if they are traveling, or if they are old (98 or 89 […]
I seem to find myself the co-leader of Anna’s Brownie troop, and the room mother for Evie’s classroom. Also, I am “publishing parent” for Anna’s class on Tuesdays (kids read me their stories and I type them into the computer) and “center Mom” for Evie’s class on Wednesdays (I do what the teacher tells […]