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• It's Bidding Time

  This Monday started the six-week long time that is known in the State Department as bidding season. Similar to a worldwide game of musical chairs, it's the... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Welcome, Fall!

  Last Friday, a wind blew through Tashkent. Clouds rolled in as the Virginia creeper covering our pool house blew wildly in the gusts. A few smattering drops o... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• End of Quarantine

  As of Friday, we have officially been in Tashkent for fourteen days and our quarantine is over. I can't say that the quarantine was particularly onerous - we'v... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• High School

  Kathleen started high school this year. It's crazy to have a child in high school, as I clearly remember my own time in high school. Even crazier was realizin... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• First Week of School, Jet Lag Edition

  All of the children started school this week. I really hate the first week of school. Summer is not only a break for the children, but for me as well. Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• America!

  

  On July 30, we boarded a charter flight in Tashkent and about thirteen hours later, got off in New York. After our flights through Korea had been cancelled two... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• How We Do Homeschooling

  Recently I've gotten a lot of questions from friends about homeschooling. With the announcement of online or online-hybrid schooling in a lot of school... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Still Here in Tashkent

  I haven't been keeping up on this blog because nothing has been going on. Recently Sophia complained about not seeing people. I pointed out that she sees... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Happy Birthday, Brandon!

  

  This week Brandon had a birthday. Birthdays get a lot less personally exciting as an adult. Getting older isn't as great as it used to be, your presents are... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Hello, Summer!

  

  School ended the week before last. The last week of school, the weather decided that spring was officially over and the temperatures went from low-sixties and... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Happy Birthday, Sophia!

  

  This week we celebrated Sophia's birthday. Twelve doesn't have the same significance now that children transition from primary to the youth program at the... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Family Home Evening in the Pool

  Spring here in Tashkent has been rather uneven. Of course, spring is a season of uneven weather - never does the weather slowly warm up in a perfectly rational... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Easing Up

  Friday morning, I bundled the kids - complete with masks - into the car, and we left the house. As we drove through the neighborhood, everyone started commentin... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Happy Birthday, Eleanor!

  

  This week Eleanor turned six. Uzbekistan has loosened up their lockdown this week, but all the fun places are still closed. It made for a pretty quiet birthday... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• A Breath of Normalcy

  

  One of the small tragedies of quarantine in Uzbekistan has been my yard. Last year I spent a lot of time and money getting pots, dirt, and flowers for the yard. Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Easter

  

  We had a very lovely Easter, despite the cold and rainy weather. After teasing everyone with warm spring weather, Tashkent treated us to a late snowstorm... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Treading Water

  It feels like a wave has swept across the world. When the wave was far off, crashing across China, followed by Iran, and then Italy, we knew that it would make... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Uzbekistan Update

  Life here in Tashkent is strange. Inside the walls of our gate, life marches on in its usual progression of days. We all wake up every morning at our usual time. Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Riding It Out

  Friday evening, Uzbek Air flew the first ever direct Tashkent to Washington flight. On it were about seventy friends, colleagues, and associates from the US... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Rsv

  

  We have all been trading colds for the past month. Many friends traveled over Christmas break and everyone brought back sicknesses, including a nasty cold that... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2020 FAMILY, PARENTING