Like nomads, but with more stuff

There's always so much to complain about, right? Well that isn't today's episode around here. I'm talking about the Emergen...

Bubby makes her annual migration in May, and on all the years I've been in the USA she stops in VA for Mother's Day weekend. This y...

  Yes it is Zoltan.  Good job.

Just in case anyone is curious (and just in case anyone is reading) I figured I'd go through the process of preparing to go to post. ...

Last weekend some folks from A-100 decided to hike the Billy Goat trail at Great Falls. Although I had lived in the DC area for 4 years, an...

For many moms, especially in the early days, our identities are tied to the little ones. We all know women whose names we never quite caugh...

We didn't think to get the photo in front of the flag like most of my classmates. Oh well. I think this is the first whole family photo...

A-100 is over. I was sworn in on Friday as an official Foreign Service Officer, sworn to protect and defend the Constitution. We 74 members...

Zoltan's first T ball game was last weekend. As much as he loves the game, he really does hate being the center of attent...

In the wake of my announcement, there's been a decent volume of questions and it seemed useful to answer them here. So here goes, in no...