Oh , yes! You know? Our plans didn't include the idea of visiting my family in Barcelona. What's more, we didn't even plan this trip. After having spent Christmas time wi...

Yesterday, at the Earthquake Preparedness Seminar at the Embassy, I made my first New Year's resolution in years: to finally get properly prepared for a disaster. I want ...

One evening last week my husband commented, sounding quite impressed, "You've been busy today!" Well, yes, but I wondered what he meant in particular. "You moved the furn...

When we lived in Israel, I learned the delightful, stress-reducing fact that Eastern Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on January 7. Ever since, I've taken advantag...

There's a certanin number of wishes I wish I could have in 2009. Originally these were resolutions, but after writing them down, I realized that only a change in the cosm...

This is one of the favorite meals in our house and solves the age-old problem of what to do with yucky leftover rice. In fact, since I discovered this recipe, I've starte...

My living room is slowly drying out; the green wavy tentacles and gray moldy patches which have infested most surfaces of my home are finally starting to shrink and disap...

We arrived, yesterday, at 8pm. When we entered that nice house, in the middle of a small village, not far away from the city, my brother and sister in law, who live in Ma...

Your house is bursting with in-laws; none of the presents are wrapped, and Aunt Mabel just called to say she's coming for supper -- with her 8 kids. Do you collapse in a ...

The title of this piece pushes together a couple of unlikely pals: trees and ormaments, which are a fine combination, with cats, which makes the first two nervous, and ch...