Like nomads, but with more stuff

When I picked the kids up at school today they wanted to play outside for a bit before going home. Alex got to the one swing first. We have...

As mentioned before, I went to Tver to learn Russian. I had 2 reasons to leave my family for 2 weeks and take this trip: 1) to push me over...

I am so ready to go home and hold my babies! Before kids, I scoffed when I heard about women who'd never spent a night away from their ...

Last week there was another American here with whom I went to most of the cultural programs (aka museums and theatre) that the language pro...

Anyone who knows me knows that I have, in fact, managed to get lost going in a straight line. Maps are my lifeline and I use landmarks to a...

A few weeks ago Terry left me alone with sick kids and went gallvanting in Tver. Or something like that :)  Now it's my turn. For som...

Dear Alex, You're 5 years old today! It's a big accomplishment, all your years now fill a hand. You're going to start doing...

From the web sites I was invited to check out for examples, поделки (podeliki) appears to be an art form of making sculpture from everyday ...

[note: this was written soon after the actual trip to the cabin, but I  had to wait until the photos were edited so that Terry would allow ...

I'm learning a bit about learning these days. Recently I read an article about sleep and how our brains use sleepy-time to (among other...