Where is Home?
Palm trees backed by superbly bright, sunshine-doused colors remind me of many happy home places. As a foreign service wife I carry the joy of many places feeling just like “home.” Don’t get me wrong, it is sometimes a burden…
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Windy Season
Table of Contents Costa Rica has two basic seasons: Thomas’ ballet teacher February 29, 2016 by Sarah Costa Rica has two basic seasons: Costa Rica has two basic seasons: rainy season and dry season. But, you sometimes hear of a third– windy…
Trip to… Punta Leon
January 23, 2016 by Sarah The first trip we took to the beach after our arrival in Costa Rica was a day trip to Punta Leona, a resort located on the western coast of the mainland of Costa Rica and we have…
The Fineprint
January 19, 2016 by Sarah Sadie, my oldest daughter, gets a kick out of the fast-talking blurbs at the end of car and pharmaceutical commercials. In fact, I love it when those “fine prints” are excitedly auctioned off at the end of…
Kids Clothes Week Part 2 & A Photo Discovery
April 27, 2013 by Sarah Well, today and yesterday’s efforts towards the Kids Clothes Week Challenge had a lot more to do with challenge and a lot less to do with sewing kids clothes. See? Maybe that looks fine and dandy on the photo, but I can…
Kids Clothes Week Part 1
April 24, 2013 by Sarah I have been in a sewing whirlwind lately. As in, I am sewing nearly every day for several hours a day. As in, when I try to sleep at night I imagine patterns and fabrics and how…
Russian Banya
April 22, 2013 by Sarah I’ve decided it is perfectly appropriate to coincide the resurrection of the blog with all you need to know to enjoy a Russian banya. After all, the banya, like saunas and sweat-lodges from many a culture, are…
Entering Motherhood
March 11, 2012 by Sarah Have you ever considered that we enter motherhood anew with each pregnancy, with each birth? Each time we are a little different than we were before. I have a friend named Stephanie. We found out we were…
A Little Life
February 27, 2012 by Sarah There was a time when I was younger than I am now, when my countenance was bright, my joy knew no bounds and I expected so much from this world. I expected that I could decide how…
It’s all good…
February 27, 2012 by Sarah Today I am finally writing a post all about what I love about being posted in Moscow. Now, much of this is from the perspective of a FS family, which we are! The upcoming FS blog round-up…