1. Skip the metal-embossed clothing items (belts, too!). The metal detectors will beep. You will be flagged. You will be patted down. Save yourself some time and pack it rather than wear it that day. 2. Your liquid items must be in 3 oz. bottles. It doesn’t work if it’s a 6 oz. bottle only half full. Security will frown and will make you pitch it. Trust me on this...
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I sat on a small rope-woven stool sipping steaming, sticky sweet tea as sweat trickled down the side of my left temple. My Nubian neighbor smiled at me and said in a very dramatic voice, “We shall call you “Noor” for you are the “light” of the village. I paused. I was so moved by her statement. These beautiful and kind women had...
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“What’s it like to be back?” is probably one of the first questions that we are asked by our friends. How to answer… Well, it’s wonderful and weird all at the same time. Wonderful because America is the land of free refills and insane efficiency. (Both things which we miss when we live abroad.) Weird, in that, no one takes time for a...
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I really do enjoy the discipline of writing, but some days…er, weeks my pen goes silent. I struggle to put in words all that we are experiencing and feeling. So I wait and the blog sits idle. For that, I apologize. We’re friends and friends want to stay involved in each other’s lives. So today I gave myself the ultimatum, “B.I.C., Pam!” (Behind In Chair, Pam!) In...
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Today’s my birthday. My 49th year on this planet. I’m feeling somewhat reflective and also a bit incredulous that I’m not the size 3 I promised myself I would be at this time last year. But so as not to damper the celebratory spirit, I will skip over that last part and just comfort myself with the idea that I’m harder to kidnap at this weight. 49 is not one of those...
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Following the great carpet bombing of Raid on Termite Mission Control, the fumes began to dissipate and I decided to assess the damage. Water, soap, mud, bugs, soggy paper all collected into a brown goo that needed to be addressed. The pile of fabrics, art pieces and photos also needed attention. Unknowingly, the termites had unleashed DEFCON 3 at our...
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