Like nomads, but with more stuff

Dear Business Class, You've changed in the years since we hung out together regularly.  Mostly, for the better. Back in the day I cou...

It is 8:43pm. My mom and I were trying to arrange an online chat, and she was having so many problems with it I finally said don't worr...

In typical Soviet fashion, we received a message this afternoon from the kids' summer camp that tomorrow is the talent show/party and e...

11 boxes of air freight (65lb underweight) and 219 boxes of ship freight (almost 2000lb underweight) later, with a total of 6 suitcases and...

Well, OK, not exactly. What I did do was write a chapter in a book. Still a pretty big deal to me (and, I'm sure, to my mom). A Cup o...

Anyone who knows Astana geography knows there is no beach for a good 3 hours' drive. And I certainly did not drive 3 hours each...

... no, no, don't worry, Terry and I are fine. With 5 weeks to go in my tour things are winding down. Many of my kids' friends - ...

I had a business trip this week that required me to overnight in a hotel.  This was sitting on a shelf above the mini-bar, right nex...

Open apology to my mother's mah jjong and canasta groups - Sorry, my mother is going to be insufferable for the next week. I'm sure...

We have friends whose kids attend a school with a more Kazakhstani schedule. That means school's out!  They head home for the summer la...