Tag: family
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Beijing & Hong Kong 2012
We had a fabulous trip to Beijing and Hong Kong! In Beijing, we finally got a chance to see the renovated National Museum. Jim and I had last seen it in 1987, and the museum now has more than 5,000 square feet of exhibit space. The Chinese government had hoped to have it open in…
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4th of July on the Mall
We were fortunate enough to be invited to watch the fireworks on the Mall (in Washington, DC) from the rooftop of the Museum of American History. Here are a couple of photos from the evening. It was definitely an unusual 4th of July for us, as we had just gotten our power back and weren’t…
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Flight from Heck and the Derecho
We arrived back from Hong Kong on Saturday, June 30–14 hours later than planned due to a 10 hour delay taking off from Hong Kong, a diversion to Minneapolis due to bad weather in Chicago and insufficient fuel to hover after the trans-Pacific flight, and a system alarm light coming on as we were getting…
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Protected: Graduation (the 4th grade version)
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Chinese Water Clock
Our 10 year old is studying ancient China at school this year, and as part of the curriculum, he had to make a model of a Chinese water clock (being a boy, he was bummed that he didn’t get his first choice, the crossbow). Fortunately, Jim is really good at these projects, and after a…
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Inconveniences not problems
As I was standing in the line at the post office this morning, stressing about all that has to be done over the next few days, I learned that a child of a friend of mine who has a controlled but serious medical disorder had relapsed. This reminded me of the true priorities in life…
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Happy Anniversary!
We’ve been married 22 years as of today! It’s been more fun and more rewarding than I could have ever imagined. Happy anniversary, sweetie!! Postscript: we spent the day shuttling child #1 to and from a bat mitzvah service and party and going to a school event for child #2. The day concluded with a…
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Spring Break in the City of Lights
We left on a Thursday night for Paris after a crazy week where life actually interfered with our carefully balanced routine (more about that in a separate blog). We stayed at the Shangri-la Hotel, a fairly new hotel where one reviewer commented that it was the one place where you could actually get Asian quality…
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Chronicles of the Mole Family, Chapter 6
Woodpeckers! I actually couldn’t tell you the difference between a woodpecker and a red-crowned crane (or any other bird), but spring is almost here, which means the birds are returning, and one of the unintended consequences about our construction is that when you leave gaping holes in parts of your house, birds can fly in. …
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The Chronicles of the Mole Family, Chapter 5
We have windows! I realize that some people might take this state of affairs for granted in their house, but when you have been providing a banner year for your propane company’s revenues by semi-heating a house with huge gaping holes in it, windows are a positive development. We even have state-of-the-art windows, which are…