Category Archives: Foreign Service

So, I’m wondering, do all white people look alike?  I ask this, because I have been mistaken for various caucasian women on a number of occasions since moving to Taiwan. Twice now, Asian people have confused me for my friend Matina.  Although we are about the same height, Matina is about 10 years younger, muchContinue reading “Do All White People Look Alike?”

Since moving to Taipei, my kids have had to stick up for their religious beliefs a few times.  They have been asked questions about Mormonism and been the brunt of a few fairly harmless jokes.  They have had a few incidents that have been a little dicey, but nothing too serious.  However, today my 16Continue reading “Sticking Up For Her Beliefs”

  So, the election is over, and my guy didn’t win.  As a result, I was a bit pouty.  But then I remembered this election story from my family’s past and it perked me right back up again. In 1961, (long before I was born) my very pregnant mother woke up on election day andContinue reading “Elections and Amniotic Fluid”

Happy Halloween!   Can you guess which one is mine?  A correct guess will win you free deluxe accommodations at my house in Taipei (airfare not included).  And by deluxe I mean that I might wash the sheets.  Maybe.  Well, probably not.

This weekend, Noah (age 12) and I found ourselves walking through a night market, just the two of us.  I just have to quickly say that some of the nastiest food known to mankind as well as the most horrific smells can be found at Chinese night markets.  Nevertheless, I LOVE walking through them.  ButContinue reading “A Rather Pathetic Conversation”

Have I ever mentioned that I have four thieving children?  They pretty much rob me blind.  This, despite the fact that I have tried my darndest to terrify them into law-abiding citizens with every prison scare tactic I could invent. When they were toddlers I would tell them that if they climbed out of theirContinue reading “Thieving Children and the Taxi Driver”