Sunday was one of those days. I wasn’t feeling the best, so decided to take my temperature. The fact that I wasn’t feeling the best or decided to take my temperature wasn’t what made it one of those days, though. The fact that made it one of those days? When I took out my thermometer […]

One of my friends had a baby on Sunday, so I went to visit yesterday. Do you like the picture? The lady in the background is the baby’s grandmother, and the baby’s mother is as black as her. (Sorry if talk of black and white like this is offensive to you. If so, you don’t […]

Sometimes things just take longer here. It’s something anyone who’s lived both here and there for a decent amount of time knows. For example . . . Last night I wanted to make zucchini muffins. If you’ve known me for long enough, you know that I could make them in my sleep, and you may […]

Do you know what kind of tree this is? I guess the bananas growing and the title of this post kind of give it away. Yup, it’s a banana tree. And it’s growing in our yard, together with 2 mango trees, an orange tree, a date tree, a “zaban” tree (a fruit we don’t have […]

“Quiet in the back seat!” Can you picture it? A family, perhaps on a road trip. The dad is driving, trying to carry on a conversation with his wife sitting next to him. However, it becomes more difficult as the noise level rises from the kids cooped up in the back seats of the van. […]