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 am in my third trimester of pregnancy, and I have started nesting in an exciting form—sewing! I wish I started sooner but the built-in furniture for my home office did not get installed…
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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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It was only a few days before a formal calling card arrived with a name attached to it I had only heard in conversation. Caleb’s sister was asking for my company. Of course my…
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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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I once found time to sketch digital portraits on the fly. I bought my first iPad primarily to max out all the drawing and painting apps (Brushes, SketchBook Pro, ArtRage, etc.). Lately, though, my…
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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,…