Immigration: Fiction

“…lifting him from the certainty of turmoil and dropping him in a turmoil of uncertainty.” – Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
This is my favorite phrase from The Kite Runner, which I just finished reading this morning. (The whole line would give too much away.) I ran across the title by accident (trying to get a [...]

Where’s the remotest place on Earth? – environment – 20 April 2009 – New Scientist

Where’s the remotest place on Earth?See interactive maps created by a project of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy and the World Bank (led by Alan Belward) which show world connectivity to resources and habitats.

Kites: National Kite Month

The Easter Bunny brought a kite to my 4-year-old.
Though we have had success with other kites in the past, we had some trouble getting this one to fly.
Of course, the subject of kites and kite flying became yet another internet research project. One of our discoveries was that we are at this very moment in [...]

MOVING: Stuff and More Stuff

What I’ve been doing while not reading the news or updating this blog:
Gathering stuff needed to pack and move other stuff (boxes, newspapers, tape, etc…)Trashing stuff.Giving away stuff.Cleaning stuff.Packing stuff.Disconnecting and connecting stuff.Buying and renting more stuff to move the stuff.Unpacking stuff.Cleaning more stuff.Looking for stuff I can’t find.Setting up, rebuilding, repairing and reorganizing stuff.Reading [...]

Happy Easter Happy Spring!

Okay. We are moved (physically; not “virtually”)… [deep sigh of relief] Twice moved, more precisely, in less than 6 months. After over 20 years in Williamsburg, Virginia, I finally moved (with my family, following my husband’s job) to someplace new, with great hopes and ambitions, quickly abandoned. (This blog was begun just after the first [...]