Pens Down, Forks Up: Food trumps Homework, Health trumps Grades
The weather – hot and sunny yesterday, cold and rainy (slash torrential downpour-y) today – is a perfect reflection of my being these days: I’ve been happy and sad, busy […]
The weather – hot and sunny yesterday, cold and rainy (slash torrential downpour-y) today – is a perfect reflection of my being these days: I’ve been happy and sad, busy […]
Three strikes and you’re out, Mr. Trunk Corner. Having cut my knee for the third time on the savage corner of this Arabian trunk – my family bought it in […]
Having just deposited my month’s pay check for working for the school newspaper, I exited the bank with a spring in my step, until I saw this: Poor birdie had […]
I have seen a long-haired man skateboarding down the artery of town wearing a black cape and carrying a (presumably plastic) machete. I have seen a homeless man doing a […]
As of last week, not only are Wednesdays a day to look forward to because of WIAW posts, they are exciting because I get to work in a family therapy-type […]
Having conquered my first 12 mile run in 5 months, yesterday I celebrated my recovery – touch wood that my patella tendon has mended itself for the long-term – by […]
I have officially completed two days of poppin’ my liver pills. And I’m not talking about pills that help liver function, I’m talking about pills that are made of liver. […]
My suntan is fading by the minute; unfairly, opposite to weight gain and loss, tans take a long time to build, but they fade in no time at all. Then […]
The day before I left Oman – two days ago now – my family rounded up a bunch of fellow expats for a day of boating. Excitement was all around: […]
The following eats are brought to you from the Middle East. Spring break’s being spent at my parents’ house in Oman, so the food in these pictures has been provided […]