Like nomads, but with more stuff

I finally got confirmation from CWT that my and Alex's tickets are changed. I went into the airlines' web sites and got us seats to...

The joining-the-foreign-service process is like a marathon. Every step you successfully take leads to more, and just when you think you see...

I'm reading David McCullough's John Adams. Nearly to the end, I just found my very most favorite quotation, "Having failed at ...

Our family is supposed to depart St Petersburg, likely forever, in June. But instead, Alex and I have to curtail. We thought we could med...

A couple of weeks ago we had what was for us a crazy busy weekend. On Saturday, one of our Consulate colleagues performed in a cello conc...

13 years ago today I went on a first date with a guy I met in his own kitchen. He was the new roommate of a friend from graduate school and...

We just discovered we aren't allowed to ship back home USA acquired items (i.e. commissary, amazon.com). Cans, jars and boxes we had as...

It's hard to write about an overwhelming experience. And some of the personal stresses of the last couple of weeks have even been good ...