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Anna truly flattered the young man who works at an artsy gift shop we like, when she mentioned a while back that she thought he has “a voice like a movie star.” He was sufficiently delighted at the time that he felt compelled to give both girls a glass ornament.
Today, I found […]

Not complaining, but definitely busy.
First, this is birthday party weekend. Not only are we hosting Evie’s Animal Party for 13 girls on Saturday afternoon, but also Anna is invited to two parties — including a four-hour “disco party” at the Nile Hilton hosted by one of her wealthy local friends. For her […]

It is unchanged, since last reported on. Except for the garbage that has accumulated there. Maybe tomorrow I will get another picture.
Beyond the aesthetic abomination, it is taking up a valuable parking space.

And it even was a Monday. I was spending the day at the office, following the long Thanksgiving weekend, fully expecting that I had a good week remaining to clear off my desk. But then, I got the hint that my water might have broken and I went home that evening feeling quite […]

Have I mentioned this family ritual — definitely, among our favorites? It is the practice of asking a single question that everyone around the dinner table — from youngest to oldest, or oldest to youngest — is invited to answer. The outcomes rarely fail to generate interest and conversation.
On Friday, we finally had […]

At the Thanksgiving party we attended yesterday, an armed-forces network feed was hooked up to a large screen, so we got to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade under a brilliant three-quarters moon, while chowing down on deep-fried turkey and dozens of tasty sidedishes and desserts. Never has a child been so riveted by New […]

Jan. 3: Iowa caucus
Jan. 5: Wyoming GOP caucus
Jan. 8: New Hampshire primary
Jan. 15: Michigan primary
Jan. 19: Nevada caucuses and South Carolina GOP primary
Jan. 26: South Carolina Democratic primary
Jan 29: Florida primary
Feb. 5: Tsunami Tuesday (more than 20 states)
When’s Maryland?

Could this be . . . our third Thanksgiving in Egypt?
On our first Thanksgiving, we visited London. We have many wonderful memories from that trip — among them, skating under the Tower of London and celebrating Evie’s birthday over pancakes with Meg and John. I do recall, though, not being quite prepared for the […]

Some excerpts from Anna’s weekly letters home (printed with permission):
September 13
Earlier in the week we had some visitors. They were all in 11th grade. We made peace poems with them. Now we are studying Saduko to show them. She is from Hiroshima, Japan. She was 2 when the thunderbolt (atom bomb) […]