Monthly Archives: July 2012

  I was saddened and disappointed that the Olympic athletes from Taiwan were not allowed to carry their nation’s flag into the Olympic Stadium in the London Opening Ceremonies this evening.  After decades of this kind of treatment, I’m sure that the lovely people of Taiwan are used to this, but I’m not. The OlympicContinue reading “This One’s For You Taiwan”

Our family of SixAbroad will be heading to Amman, Jordan next summer.  I’m sure this next post will provide plenty of fodder for this family of world observers and bloggers.  So stay tuned! Bad news:  I won’t have to wear an abaya in Jordan so I will unfortunately have to continue shaving my legs. GoodContinue reading “Our Next Adventure”

1.  Fourteen year-old boys are an interesting breed.  They are on the brink of manhood, but are still very much little boys.  They like to think that they are very mature, but they continue to whack each other with whatever they can get their hands on–in much the same way they have been doing sinceContinue reading “A Few Observations”