Working Again
The last time I started writing a post for this blog was almost exactly one year ago when […]
A Family's Journey in the Foreign Service
The last time I started writing a post for this blog was almost exactly one year ago when […]
The last time I started writing a post for this blog was almost exactly one year ago when […]
One adult in this family: “I wanna DO something! We should get OUT! It’s NICE, and we only […]
… than our old one back home. The internal organization is random and fits every dish awkwardly, at […]
Confession: my first day on the job here in Bishkek was the first time I’d ever set foot […]
… you wait your whole Soviet childhood, and the day finally arrives when you get to glimpse a […]
We started 2022 in our old home in Portland, Oregon; we’re ended it in our new home in […]
When we asked our driver/translator what the traditional Kyrgyz food is, he seemed to think the question a […]
How do diplomats and other folks working in embassies get mail? It’s Christmastime, so our thoughts turn to […]
A Foreign Service lesson we’re learning: in this life, you cast away mostly everything you rely on, everything […]
We write fancy blog titles to prove it. (We’re better from recent illness – thanks for all the […]