Jul 12, 2007 | Expat, Volunteering
My friend Jan sent me a link to her niece’s blog. Jessie is volunteering in Uganda. All I did was read her profile and can’t wait to read the rest… She’s a TEENAGER. Hopefully, she can marry one of my sons. Oh. And one more thing: Invisible...
Jul 11, 2007 | GRANNY BOO
From the time I can remember, whenever you’d say, "Bye, bye, Granny Boo," she’d always answer, "Bye, bye, darlin’," in that southern Virginia accent. Every time. Even when I called her last summer at Little Sisters Of The...
Jul 11, 2007 | Parents, Teenagers, Travel Tips
They (you know, experts like Oprah) say like attracts like. I tend to agree. Some People In The Know say opposites attract. I’m not so sure about that, except with magnets. I think we are often fascinated with things different from us. Like Hal being a guy. But...
Jul 8, 2007 | Bureaucracy
It’s how they do it all over the place.
Jul 3, 2007 | Communications, Culture Shock, Living-In, Moving-To, Utilities
I am posting this morning via my new hi-speed internet service from Amnet, one of the two cable companies here. YAHOO!!!! We have been using WiMAX, a wireless signal shot from a huge tower on the mountain behind us. The plan is to provide WiMAX to the entire country,...
