Q: What can strike a blonde without her even knowing it? A: A thought.

Recent news puts me in the mood for dumb blonde jokes … sorry Sis, Shrone and anyone else who is blonde enough to possibly take offense, but you, too, have had your moments.
Q: What do you call 10 blondes at the bottom of a pool?
A: Air Pockets
Q: What do you call a [...]

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Three Stories About African Orphans

Three stories about orphans in Africa in today’s news are overlapping interestingly.
The first is a follow the the story I posted recently on the new flap over Madonna’s efforts to adopt again, and the reaction of a guy named Nutt from Save the Children.
He’s now ramping up the media attention with an appearance on [...]

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The next Annie Leibowitz?

Sam got a cool camera for Christmas from Uncle and Auntie … thank you!!! … and shoots and shoots and shoots. He has quite a good eye and takes some amazing pix, which has been no surprise considering his talents.
What has been a revelation, however, is what Cj accomplishes when she’s behind the lens. Of [...]

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Living in the big, big world …

As seen in yesterday’s post, we celebrated Sam’s 6th birthday with a party on my veranda. I’m prompted by the event to wax on about life in the greater world … the world that includes other countries, cultures and concepts.
Not only did we have people from Seychelles, Cambodia, the US, the UK, Norway and Australia [...]

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A day on the veranda

Sam’s birthday was on the 10th, but that fell during his time with his dad, so we decided to do a birthday redo today, the first weekend home again.
I have to admit that the day had a tang of the bittersweet for me, and I suffered with that taste in the back of my throat [...]

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It’s an island … and a ‘guy” … thang

Kids are with their dad now, so smelling kid-free time like night-blooming jasmine wafting through the usual mac & cheese and Ovaltine-tainted miasma, I prettied up and let Magnar drag me to a party last night. A real party, with fascinating grownups drinking and dancing and generally carrying on to the tune of interesting conversation [...]

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Day the two

Perfunctory blog post, due to too much fun on a Sunday to actually think. Lunch at Fairyland with Magnar a blast. Right now, Derrick and Shanti have joined the kids and me on the veranda … showing up with a load of Seybrews.
Hey! Tomorrow brings my 4-hours-on-the-road gig taking the kids to and from school [...]

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Some photos … but not here

This new format here on WordPress had me tearing my hair out over posting photos … basically, I can’t. Anyone interested in seeing shots of the kids from yesterday’s trip with Magnar to ride the horses can find them on my facebook page.
Now, if someone can explain to me why the add media dohicky does [...]

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Book Launch: Papaya … and other seeds

As promised, here are a few photos from the launch party. You can see how involved the kids were in the event by the fact that they are in the press shots like the one where I’m giving a book to the Minister of Education.
Sam signed every book I did and would say “Next!” when [...]

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A Banner Day

The banner went up last week to prompt sales of my book. It just happens to hang at an intersection Mark has to drive by at least 4 times a day.
Photos from the book launch party Friday evening will be posted soon. It was a wonderful event, and I’m hanging on to the boost it [...]

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