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Shoes

Posted on September 1, 2012 by annie

It’s the end of summer and time for school to start.  We got a list of school supplies we’re supposed to buy for Catherine.  In the package of papers is a note from her PE teacher.   Cat is supposed to … Continue reading →

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Hair Cuts

Posted on August 14, 2012 by annie

The day before we left for this trip I went to get my haircut.  I wanted to donate my ponytail.  I’d done this several times before.  It’s a really easy way to do good by somebody; the hair pretty much … Continue reading →

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Home Again

Posted on August 8, 2012 by annie

We’ve been home a little over a month now.  We traveled for a whole year.  We left July 1, 2011 and came home July 1, 2012.  A leap year, 366 days. I expected some culture shock when we returned.  But … Continue reading →

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Field Hockey

Posted on August 4, 2012 by annie

I spent some of my time this last year doubting myself.  Was this trip the right thing to do?  What about the kids and their education?  What about the money?  Am I getting everything I want out of it?  Are … Continue reading →

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Mexican Food: Part I – Street Food

Posted on July 21, 2012 by annie

We eat a lot of Mexican food in California.  Whether just a snack of tortilla chips and salsa or our Christmas Eve meal of tamales this cuisine is an important part of our lives.  It was hard living without it.  We … Continue reading →

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Mas Musica

Posted on July 20, 2012 by annie

We spent our last month in Guanajuato, Mexico, up in the mountains north of Mexico City.  The city is built in the 1500’s within the ravines of a few connecting dry riverbeds.  We lived toward the top of a ridge … Continue reading →

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Museo de las Momias

Posted on June 29, 2012 by annie

In our travels this year we’ve been to three museums with mummies.  In Istanbul, there is a classic Egyptian mummy, King Tabnit, on display.  He’s displayed next to Alexander the Great’s sarcophagus.  In Arequipa, Peru, we saw a frozen mummy … Continue reading →

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Another Medical Miracle

Posted on June 9, 2012 by annie

Our friend Rita came to visit us while we were in Cuzco.  She’s our neighbor and one my favorite people in the world.  When back in Oakland we spend a lot of time with her, watching musicals on a rainy … Continue reading →

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Over 4000 meters

Posted on June 8, 2012 by annie

We rode the bus a lot in Peru.  From Cuzco to Puno.  From Puno to Arequipa.  From Arequipa through Chivay to the Cañon de Colca and back again.  All of these bus rides took us over high mountain ranges through … Continue reading →

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Cañon de Colca

Posted on June 3, 2012 by annie

The Colca Canyon of Peru is a really deep canyon.  It’s said to be more than twice the depth of the Grand Canyon.  It’s only 150 meters less deep than the deepest canyon in the world, also in Peru.  It … Continue reading →

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