October 2022

  • Commuting

    How to get to work? Bike or run? Too polluted in winter, and need to wear a suit. 🤔 Buy a car? Takes months… Taxi? Carpool? Hire a driver? hmmm….…

  • 16 Days LIVING in Bishkek

    Day: minus 2. Arlington, VA: waking at 4am to start the time-zone adjustment, zipping odds and ends into suitcases, pawning our groceries off onto the neighbors, returning the rental car,…

  • Wheels Down: First week in Kyrgyzstan

    Getting here was special torture. A 32-hour itinerary, spanning 3 planes, 4 countries, and a scant few hours of sleep. The kids were brave, but their little bodies could not…

  • Wheels Up!

    “Wheels Up!” is what you exclaim when the plane has taken off. PCS-ing* is a drawn-out process, but the moment when the plane wheels lift up defines the moment of…