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around the house
Hoday! Some day I want to be able to change the font on this. I like the comic font. It is me.
So I rearranged my office again. I had to squeeze in another bookshelf. I might be tempted to say that as a family we are addicted to books, but then I think "how can that be! " Nope, owning, loving and using books to support walls and ceilings ( Read more... ) -
Random thoughts
All large cities have their own distinct flavor. London in summer is pickled eggs and shanties, (a surprisingly delicious mix of beer and ginger ale.) In winter, its tea and fish and chips sprizted with vinegar, from the man on the corner. Munich was hot chocolate and ginger cookies or a giant hot pretzel with mustard. Prague was again tea, ( Read more... ) -
Rio sightings and some Quotes.
Bizarre things seem to happen when I take the kids to school. Today while driving the Leeners to her early morning classes there was the usual dogging of cars and carts and the odd motorcycle or taxi driving the wrong way on wrong side of the street - normal occurrences. Then we saw the guy. The guy looked normal enough, no shirt, baggy shorts ( Read more... ) -
odd things
It is raining again today, which means that traffic in Rio, like any other city, becomes a gnarled knot of frustrated drivers and slick streets. Taking the Leeners to school early in the morning is always a difficult experience but the rain made it more so. There was a bright spot, however, in the whole wet mess. Having pulled as closely as ( Read more... ) -
Rainy day
Yesterday in yoga, one of my fellow sufferers asked me my name. When I told her she immediately asked if I were A)Arabic or B)of Arabic descent. She is second generation Lebanese. I went into how it is the family tradition to pass on names to the next generation and that we are not sure how an Arab name entered this process. Phil seems to think ( Read more... ) -
Yes I'm alive
Well yes I'm alive. And just because I'm reading and taking notes does not mean that I am available to fix plumbing, find socks or get the rubber band/ ball/Frisbee/rock off of the roof ( Read more... ) -
Update
Its still summer here. First day of school is Feb. 11th. I can not wait ( Read more... ) -
dogs, cats and stress
We are going to find another home for Jacô. Jacô likes to protect his space and is not a good dog to have around small children, young active adults that sometimes rough house or the eternally young who like to read books with their heads on the floor and their feet on the couch; not if you like your hair, or wish to be bite free. I've been trying ( Read more... )
