This week, rather than do our normal routine, we took the kids out of school for a few days to go camping at a lake that’s a four-hour drive south of Addis Abeba. Along…
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I learned from GRRM’s A Song of Ice and Fire series that each city in the world has a distinct smell. Despite living here all my life I haven’t put my nose out for…
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I wrote this list to cheer up a friend who seemed anxious about a particular birthday we both faced this past February (despite this friend being a man who receives precisely zero amounts of…
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Perhaps I’m getting older. Age falls in step as it matches my stride, and with its sweet sounding voice urges me to look over my shoulder. Remember the good old days? it asks. Reflect on them. Yearn. Case in…
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Ever since JoAnna’s impactful post A Lesson In Creating Space (or: I Have Been Taught To Grow In) I have been dwelling on the way we, as a society, respond to inappropriate behavior. I remember…
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culture & community relationships & loveA Straggler Creative Challenge (from the currently-pulling-all-her-hair-out-due-to-looming-deadlines grad student)
Briana’s historical, and practical, creative food challenge in tribute to the 64 years her grandparents were married and her grandmother’s extensive recipe collection from a life lived well. This is a straggler group creative challenge for the year…
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Happy Chinese New Year! The year of the horse has arrived, making it the perfect time to race ahead and accomplish those dreams you never thought possible. This fiery sign encourages a year of action,…
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It is rainy season in Indonesia, and it has been raining practically everyday. It is a blessing in this tropical environment. The air conditioner gets turned of in the morning and we let the…
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The very first thing someone gave me when I arrived in Ethiopia (besides flowers from the then-boyfriend upon arrival) was a black scarf. A black scarf is strictly meant for funerals in Ethiopia. A…
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Don’t forget to help your neighbours this holiday season. There are so many spectacular things we can accomplish when we work together! Wishing you lots of love and happy memories from the Empresses of…