October 27, 2011 by her blackness
or… The one where the neighbors get their first impression. Which is also the one where we get our first washing machine (ever) and the one where I try out my oven for the first time. It goes like this. I stayed home tonight while the boys went out. I was thinking I’d get a [...]
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August 2, 2010 by her blackness
I’m hiding out in my room. I’m hiding out in my room because some species has decided to take over my house. Dozens of them. Hundreds. Oozing out of the pores in my less-than-official linoleum. For the last several hours, every time I risk a hallway foray there are more of them. Flapping around on [...]
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July 28, 2010 by her blackness
Of course. Each day of the workweek (Saturday – Wednesday) Brady is off teaching in the morning. And every day I hear someone rustling around outside my door. We are the only apartment on the top floor, and I am always momentarily paralyzed when I hear the mysterious someone on the landing. I’ll hear a [...]
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February 22, 2010 by his blackness
Amber and I have use an expression here called, T.I.A (this is Arabia). It was originally used for Africa in a movie we saw once, but seeing as we don’t live in Africa, Arabia works better. But the meaning is still the same. We use it when things break, seem backwards, or things just don’t [...]
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January 10, 2010 by his blackness
One of our teacher’s brothers, Khalifa, was having a difficult time understanding his required text for his university class. She asked if anyone would be willing to help him. Being the “wanna-be” english teacher I thought I would love to help. I showed up at his house and he ushered me in to meet his [...]
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December 30, 2009 by his blackness
Living in the desert has its challenges, but things are not all bad. There are a few things to do here that are pretty cool. So far the coolest thing we have done is gone “dune bashing”. That is the “hip” word for driving a 4×4 around in the sand dunes. We didn’t know why [...]
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