This year will mark my third Thanksgiving in Colombia. As a Peace Corps Volunteer, I have a conveniently large group of North Americans to celebrate with. Every Thanksgiving, Volunteers and…
Remembering Fall: Many Words and Miniskirts
The Florida air has chilled. While it may feel like winter elsewhere–and with devastating consequences due to two powerful storms–it is now autumn in Florida. As a California girl, fall…
Cold Days, Warm Hearts: Surviving the Holidays in a Long-Distance Relationship
Sleigh bells jingle in the frozen air, their melodies rising over drifts of snow that cover highway and hill. The Christmas tree glows in the living room, Menorah in the…
Thankful
It’s been a rough several weeks for me over here, though many of the reasons for this are what might condescendingly be called “First-World Problems.” The two extra days…
Turkey Din Din with all the Trimmings
You will have to forgive my total admittance of ignorance when I say that up until a couple of years ago there were a couple of things I didn’t know…
Feast Full of Thanks
Happy Thanksgiving! Yes, I realize that it has been over a week. And yes, I realize that you might not celebrate Thanksgiving. But Thanksgiving is a holiday that should be…
Austin, Texas
Texas has trees. I know it sounds ridiculous, but I thought it would be more like the deserts familiar in John Wayne cowboy motion pictures. I realize that I only…
How to Holiday Overseas
Sorry Anglophiles, this post is not about vacationing in a different country, but how to celebrate your cultural traditions while abroad. This year has brought about a lot of changes…
Thankful
My cousin Sérgio, from Portugal, greeted me yesterday on MSN Messenger. “Olá Beta! Novidades?” News? I told him Thanksgiving was coming up, what his mother jokingly refers to as “o…
Thursday Thanks
Thursday Thanks by Lisa Here in the United States it is Thanksgiving Day. I thought about not posting this week, since I wasn’t sure if folks would be too stuffed…