An oldie – This is a song I wrote with a friend of mine, in another life time. Warm me up tea Warm me up tea How hungry I’ve been When lightening strikes twice…
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Very soon, our little family will seek out our own view of the Empire State building (and see JoAnna at the same time!). New York City! It’s the only American city this…
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I’m inspired today by Briana’s myth-busting post, partly because I’m also from a country fond of cultural appropriation (besides adopting any national holiday that involves drinking, we also enjoy claiming people/things from New Zealand as our…
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If you live or have spent any significant amount of time in the United States, you are probably well-acquainted with our tradition of stealing other countries’ traditions. This usually ends one of two ways:…
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Beginnings and endings. Endings and beginnings. The new start every day brings. Alternate paths. Finishings. Walking through the Brooklyn Botanical Garden yesterday, I slowed my pace to better absorb my intake of Vitamin D. I…
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I suppose, in the most literal sense, winter is coming here too. Not for about seven months, mind you, but we will eventually have winter again if we wait long enough. But, generally speaking, November…
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According to Briana October has been…a month and I have to say I completely agree. It seems the last quarter of 2014 has been challenging for many of us around the globe. I know I found September…
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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 don’t know how many of you out there have an aversion to permanence, at least to the idea of permanence. I mean, forever is an illusion, right? When asked if I was back…