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Lately I’ve been employing a strategy I came up with when we lived in Saudi Arabia. A strategy of appreciating the moments even as they present a challenge. Of recognizing that while this time in which I find myself feels permanent, it is not.…

So much has happened since I last wrote here in the spring — our Gravenstein apples ripened, were picked and turned into pie, and are now a distant memory until next year; my little baby is on the cusp of being six years old…

We left Australia over a month ago and as seems to be the case with such moves that life already feels a bit like an unreality. Our daily routines have shifted into new (albeit temporary) ones involving trips to the parks within walking distance…

In the new year we are often filled with grand plans and a resolve to Do Better — eat better, live better, better spend our money … I am not aspiring to many lofty goals this year, though I do have a few intentions:…

My Thanksgiving menu is set, a good thing since I’ve just realized the holiday is next week. Strange to commemorate a holiday that celebrates the harvest, autumn, and the earliest inhabitants of another continent when one is living in a (granted, also a former…