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So, participants of National Novel Writing Month consistently report that their friends and family just don’t get it. It seems to be a larger problem among the Arabs (and no, ...
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Okay, so since we first moved to Jordan, I’ve wondered what’s up with people’s translations of their names to English. I know that in the US we’re old hats at ...
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I’ve been reading debates lately on Santa Claus and how and when and whether parents tell their kids about Santa Claus. It’s an interesting conversation and honestly it’s an interesting concept. This ...
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I was going to title this missive, On Why I Will Fail At Nano This Year. But really, it’s about more than just that, isn’t it? I have pretty much ...
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So yesterday, I went on a lovely outing with a slew of foreign gals. Some are American, some Australian, some Arab, some European… basically take a microcosm of the world, and that ...
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A friend told me some weeks ago about a teenage classmate of her son’s who posted something on Facebook that was so wildly inappropriate that she felt it necessary to take him ...
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So yesterday I snapped some pictures of the Beans enjoying Jordan’s too brief, desperately necessary rainy season. We occasioned quite the confused interest from passersby and neighborhood residents. After finishing lunch, ...
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