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Yesterday I was reading two different magazines proportedly about "simple living."  One was Real Simple.  I like this magazine bec...

When I first came to California with Kevin five years ago, I wasn't sure what the big deal was.  I was about as impressed as Kevin was b...

We're back in the States! Actually, we got back a week and a half ago, but my great blogging plans have fallen to nothing. The t...

Just one more week until we are back in America! Never before have I been so excited about the luxury of having running water all day long....

As I mentioned in my last post , most parenting decisions are not worth the division they often cause, but I feel there are a few definite e...

There are a lot of things that bothered me about the now infamous Time's breastfeeding cover. It wasn't the woman nursing her thre...

Sometimes I imagine what my life would be like in an alternate reality. I don't feel discontent with this life; I just wonder what lif...

“Don't run into the street” seems to be one of those basic childhood rules. It's an unquestionably important issues to have square...

I was just reading a blog post from a woman who has lived in China for many, many years.  She has a lot of great culture insights, and I wa...

A few days ago Kevin came home from class saying the school would be taking the foreign students on an all day trip. Our semester schedule...