I can confidently say that I never thought in a million years that I would travel to Saudi Arabia. In fact, after watching the documentary “The Dissident” I told my good friend, Kate, that I would “never” visit her in Saudi. This is one more example of why we should not use the word “never.” It makes a liar out of most of us, and it’s why I won’t say that I will “never marry…
I bet you thought I had abandoned this Series about life in the Neighborhood, but alas, I have not. Here I have an odd assortment of people and places, the first of which I call the Popcorn Man (featured above). The two gates I use most often to access my school’s campus happen to be across the street from either our kindergarten or elementary schools. Often as I leave work, students are also leaving school…
I have a number of travel posts to do–and I am behind. But after the devastating earthquakes of February 6th it felt inappropriate and insensitive to post about fun travel times. I can’t say that today it is “right” to do so, but life does go on and I know no better way to honor those who were lost in the disaster than to live my life fully, while I have it. We just don’t…