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Warsaw Pride Parade
If there is one thing I never could have predicted that I’d be doing during our tour in über-Catholic Poland, it would be participating in a LGBT Pride parade! But when the opportunity presented...
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Pre-Move Stress Disorder
The endless struggle to exert control over a life in which you have very little control!
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All The Little Things
Warsaw is lovely at this time of year. I’ve been making the most of it: getting outside every day, walking for miles, hanging out at cafés, and having dinner on our tiny balcony under the bemused gaze...
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Not Looking Back
In which our Foreign Service life is capped off with a white supremacist speech by a ridiculous orange man.
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Happy To Be Home
The trip home last week was about as much fun as you might expect, given that it involved waking up at 3 AM, a head cold, two airsick cats, fully-booked flights, and dirty old DeGaulle airport....
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So Much Stuff…
I haven’t posted for a month. What have I been doing for nearly that all time? Dealing with Stuff! We moved into the house a week ago, after getting the biggest project done. The Pergo is gone, as...
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Miscellaneous Observations From My Half-Empty House
Over the weekend, we unpacked the last boxes that had been stored since 2011. Some of the stuff then went straight into plastic bins and back into a storage unit! We don’t want to fool with any...
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The Many and Varied Properties of Stuff
Our household effects (HHE) arrived last week. As anticipated, it was insane. As in: defying the laws of physics. No way was it all going to fit in this house! (No photos, as I’ve been told several...
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First Note From The Other Side
Several people have asked me what I intend to do with this blog now that we are out of the Foreign Service. The FSO’s last official day on the job was September 30, so now we really are out. I’m...
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