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I picked this book randomly off a shelf in Barnes and Noble and started reading. Couldn't put it down! It's the memoir of a Sudanese man who was one of the "Lost Boys" - war refugees from southern Sudan. His village was attacked in 1987 (when he was...

Solo espero no conseguir nunca todo lo que quiero.....

Tomorrow is Malaria Awareness Day. Frankly, I have to admit that most of time I don't think about malaria at all. In my small corner of the world, it's not much of an issue. But worldwide, it's a big big deal. I copied this info from Malaria No More,...

Alex is a good sleeper - off and on. At 3, to our chagrin, she still has some intermittent nighttime sleep issues, which translates to interrupted sleep for us (usually me, as Bryan sleeps through noise better than I do). I've been up briefly with her...

I have greatly enjoyed several books by Amy Tan, but this one really didn't do much for me. I listened to it on audio, and it was read by the author, and she is a very good reader as well as writer. But...I'm not sure why...I just didn't get into this...

Qué maravillosa es la Red. Con un poco de imaginación y ganas se hacen cosas tan graciosas y tan accesibles a cualquiera como los muñequitos de Cubeecraft. Elige el que más te guste, dale a la impresora, a la tijera, a doblar y listo. ¿Reconocéis...

Today Sam turns TWO! His babyhood is disappearing even faster than Alex's. It's been harder to focus in on all his endearing little traits, to keep track of all his milestones, and just to be completely present in the moment with him every day as I felt...

El paseo marítimo de Palma que veo cada día desde la biciNo quiero disculparme por esta terrible sequía de posts que creo se ha convertido en la más larga desde que empecé este blog allá por el 2005. Imagino que en parte se debe a mi carácter algo caprichoso...

Man - who knew I would feel so conflicted over where to send our kids to school? And - who knew I would be agonizing about it 2 years ahead of the actual start of school? Not me!The catalyst for all this was that my friend and my brother both have daughters...