Email From The Embassy

• Luxor (and that's a wrap!) 18 hours ago Tricked you! After my last post, admit it, you alhamdolillah'ed because you thought I was finally finished posting photos of Egypt. How wrong you were. But this is it! I promise! No more vacation photos after this until I save up enough money for another vacation. That could be awhile: I have four...
• A Day in the Life of a Working Mom 1 day ago Early evening and I was still at work. Well, I was working, but I wasn't, technically speaking, at work. There were six of us hanging around in an underground garage, waiting. Not really talking much. Just standing there, staring at the entrance. My cell phone vibrated in my pocket, but before I...
• Crocodile Temple! And some other stuff. 1 week ago Where were we? That's right, more crocodiles. We sailed to Edfu after touring Philae Temple in Aswan, and the next morning, we got off the boat to tour Kom Ombo Temple. The guide told more stories about falcon-headed-god-people, but Ainsley mostly just wanted to look into the deep pit that was...
• Turns out I have smart friends. They don't all look smart, mind you. But some of them are. 1 week ago I'm back on iPhoto, apparently, thanks to all of y'all. So here's another set of photos for the grandparents. These are of Philae Temple
• Adventures of Yesteryear 1 week ago Kazakhstan, 2002-2004. Lisa was the wheels and I was the mouth. That is to say: she had a car to spare, and I spoke the language. So between the two of us, we could go pretty much anywhere in the country and have big adventures. Lisa was definitely the adventurous one. She was forever calling me...

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