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A Picnic in a Special Park – Iwo Jima Memorial in D.C.
What a beautiful day to be in Washington, D.C.! The weather is amazing, it’s Sunday, and we are putting aside our Chinese studying for a bit. My desire to avoid studying may come from my nightma… more →
Ogles and Observations
Cycling the World's Most Dangerous Road!
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wrote 1 month ago: Coroico is a town in Nor Yungas Province, in the La Paz Department of western Bolivia. Last November … more →
Photo of the Day: Thanks to Gravity Bolivia(c)!
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wrote 6 months ago: Seriously… look at this! Isn’t it a fantastic photo? So, what’s it, exactly? The … more →
Photo Essay: Road trip to Coroico, Bolivia.
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wrote 6 months ago: Coroico is a town in Nor Yungas Province, in the La Paz Department of western Bolivia. Thanksgiving … more →
A Picnic in a Special Park - Iwo Jima Memorial in D.C.
wrote 8 months ago: What a beautiful day to be in Washington, D.C.! The weather is amazing, it’s Sunday, and we ar … more →
Entering week four of learning to speak Mandarin (Chinese)
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wrote 8 months ago: Life has changed so much in the few weeks since we have been back in the States. Well, I suppose now … more →
Haircuts, church, and an evening vigil
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wrote 10 months ago: It didn’t take me long living in a foreign country where I didn’t speak the language to … more →
A 500 year old Hemlock tree in southeast Tennessee
wrote 11 months ago: We’re making our transition out of Brazil and back to the States for a year of re-Americanizin … more →
A walk in the woods to an ecological preserve in Brazil's Atlantic Forest
wrote 1 year ago: We were invited by our friends to visit the Ecologial Refuge of Charles Darwin north of Recife. It … more →
Morning delivery: agua de coco on Avenida Boa Viagem
wrote 1 year ago: I love looking out our window in the mornings – there’s always something interesting to … more →
Freshly baked bread in Recife
wrote 1 year ago: The best part of our little local grocery store, besides being about two blocks away from our buildi … more →
Architecture in Olinda
wrote 1 year ago: Olinda is the little town near Recife that is full of history, artisans, and architecture. We go the … more →
Underwater adventures with an underwater camera
wrote 1 year ago: My sister visited a couple of weeks ago and brought with her a waterproof pouch for her little Canno … more →
Carnaval 2012 - Recife Antigo - Sunday/Domingo
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wrote 1 year ago: Our friends invited us to join them in Recife Antigo for the Sunday afternoon of Carnaval – wh … more →
Making art from fish scales in Brasilia Teimosa
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wrote 1 year ago: I always feel fortunate when I am able to join outings with the Mulheres Internacionais de Recife (I … more →
A few (more) days in Tamandare, Brazil
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wrote 1 year ago: It’s the end of summer in Brazil with school starting back February 7. We have had a great sum … more →
Aspiring Artist Week: A trip to the museum in Recife
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wrote 1 year ago: As part of our Aspiring Artist week, inspired by Fancy Nancy’s weeklong study of artists and a … more →
Aspiring Artist Week: Cutouts like Matisse and Easy Portraits for Kids to Draw
wrote 1 year ago: The middle of the week during our Aspiring Artist week called for a day when we studied Henri Matiss … more →
Seahorses in Maracaipe, Brazil
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wrote 1 year ago: We were so fortunate to have a visit from grandparents over the holidays. While we focused most of o … more →
Turning five years old with five birthday parties
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wrote 1 year ago: We were in the States during R&R when our daughter turned five. We traveled A LOT and saw lots o … more →
