(With my parents. After returning from a rare dinner out with a bunch of girlfriends to find my child safely fed, in bed, and sound asleep) Me: “Ah, I like …
Life in Laos
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It’s been ages since I blogged, but I was scheduled to post on A Life Overseas today and it was a good reminder to update you “at home†here. So …
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I wrote this essay a month after we arrived in Laos, way back in 2010. It was bought that same year by Notre Dame Magazine. They finally printed it in …
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Ever since I published my post discussing how I hadn’t taken time yet to think about farewelling Luang Prabang, Mike has been bugging encouraging me to write a goodbye post …
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Christmas was just a couple of weeks ago, right? I remember thinking that I needed to write a post on books I’d loved in 2012, set some creative goals for …
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Change is in the air. After three years here in Luang Prabang, we’re leaving. My husband, Mike, is taking up a new job in Vientiane (the capital of Laos), so …
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We’re back home in Luang Prabang after our week in Krabi and our whirlwind day in the hospital during the return trip. It’s been bittersweet unpacking and settling back in. …
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We’re on R&R leave this week. For those of you not familiar with the aid world, R&R stands for Rest and Relaxation. Twice a year Mike gets an extra week …
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WE HAVE MADE A DECISION ABOUT WHAT’S NEXT! Yes, after eight months of limbo I do think every letter in that phrase deserves to be a capital. We are moving …
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 The same weekend that Love At The Speed Of Email launched, way back in June last year, Mike and I learned that we’d be leaving Luang Prabang in April …
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We haven’t done much decorating for Christmas this year. That’s partly due to being “busy†and partly due to the fact that we share this house with two small beings …
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You might have noticed that my personal blogging has dropped of rather precipitously during the last couple of months. There are a couple of reasons for that, but one of …