What to be proud of in the USA, 2020 edition.
Family
Guest Post today!
Gene M. Culver is the guest blogger today with a review of Ulysses S. Grant’s memoirs – sounds like a riveting read!
Mom’s day
An ode to Mom, to home, to our origins, to the love, humor, and delicious hamburgers that remind me who I am.
Day Sebenteen. No change.
Me and Dad, I love him 17 billion percent.
Mom’s nails
Mom had perfect fingernails. In the pic above we're comparing the paint job to the color of the marble in a Roman palace we visited when she was 72. Her nails were better. Always. No matter what was happening around her. What's more, she had the hands to go with them...
Guest post: Tear down that wall
Never thought you'd hear me quoting Reagan, did you? I'm full of surprises. But tearing down walls is not, prima facie, a bad thing. Today we have a guest post from my dad, Gene M. Culver, currently of St. Peters, Missouri. Dad was born in Los Angeles but grew up in...
One night in Tunis
We made it to Tunis. It's lovely. The weather is divine. Ramon's job looks great, and I can work at his office for now. There's wifi to spare and a cute coffee shop out front, run by a fellow who teases us about our French. But try to get a taxi and... ARGH! The...
What I did on my summer vacation
I haven’t worked for months. No, it's okay. My last months in Colombia were rough – very long hours with several enormous tasks dangling over my head. It was time for a break. Sabbatical - lovely word, right? Leaving Colombia was also a big change for me – because...
Happy ThanksWedding!
You may not have heard of a ThanksWedding. Leave it to my family to come up with a new holiday - Thanksgiving + Wedding, obviously. But who does that? ONLY US, that's who. Because nothing goes better than overeating and dressing up. In Alaska. Striking. Brisk....
CARNAVAL!
What a joy this week to head to Barranquilla for Carnaval with my best buds Shane and Ali. Barranquilla hosts the second largest Carnaval in the world, with Rio (natch) holding the top spot. I don't know... I can't quite imagine more feathers than what we saw:...