A Night at Charles De Gaulle AirportJust as with Paris itself, the horrible reviews and stories I’ve read about Charles de Gaulle airport seemed completely unfounded. Of course, I had an EU flight on an early Sunday morning. I’m sure other times are more hectic, with more crazies about… It was really easy to get [...]

Jumping in With Both FeetIt appears that we might be at the end (almost) of our 10 year saga.  After this year we might actually get to go “home” to the US.  For the whole story, see my husband’s blog However, the silly thing right now is that the US wants me to prove income [...]

The woman didn’t want to take her computer out of the box: “I don’t want smut on my computer!”

Have You Hugged Your Librarian Today?I’ve seen these question asked a number of times, and I decided it’s time to write a blog post about it: Will Google Books replace libraries? Will the Kindle or other applications replace books altogether? I can see the arguments. No paper/trees needed.  No shipping costs, easier to share, instant [...]

28 Random Things About MeI’m not going to get too crazy personal, but this was kind of fun.  28 random things for the 28 years I’ve been alive.  Any of these surprise you? 1. I once had a gerbil named Peter Harold. 2. I love to eat Cheetos dipped in organic yogurt. 3. I’m an [...]

10 Reasons To Be Thankful You’re An ExpatIf you’re an American expat, and away from the extended family you’re used to celebrating the holidays with, this time of the year, through Christmas, can really be a bummer.  In some countries you may not be able to find the foods and decorations you’re used to.  And [...]

Some of my best memories are in the backdrop of the natural beauty of Arkansas, especially its parks: Lake Dardanelle, the lodge at Mount Magazine, taking every single out-of-state visitor up Mount Nebo, the little local park at Piney Bay, near where we used to live.  Hours and hours of fishing, family picnics, romantic walks, [...]

Natural Marketing: Or Why You Should Always Take Your Chicken To TownIf you live in a 25-mile radius of Dardanelle, Arkansas, you probably know my mom. If you don’t know her from church, school, or football games, or from reading her weekly column in the local newspaper, you know her as that woman who brings [...]

Setting Down Your RootsHappy Garifuna Settlement Day!  What is that, you ask?  Well, if you’re in Belize around this time of year you’ll be hearing all about it.  Especially if you’re in an area with lots of Garifuna people, one of the major ethnic groups in Belize.  Garifunas are also known as Black Caribs, and [...]

I haven’t written anything in the last few days (bad me, I know), because our ship finally came in and I got to go shopping. Woo hoo! Not clothes shopping, or shoe shopping. Just good old grocery shopping. But that’s a blessed thing, because we were mighty low on everything. And now our pantry and [...]