I’m listening to the London Philharmonic play “Crazy Little Thing Called Love.” I accidently bought it from iTunes while trying to purchase the original Queen recording but now I have to admit that I really like this version as well. It’s a cloudy January day but it is not supposed to rain and happily it is going to be a very warm day, almost 60 ( Read more... )

 As I was just telling Pip, in a quick Facebook note, I tend to do the less important chores before the important ones.  I consider posting to LJ fairly important so it waits till the end of my morning on the internet.  This is fortunate today because in the process of checking e-mails and LJ I found (or was sent) two great links of no relation to ( Read more... )

Here I am in the library and I have to tell you I'm pretty happy about it.  I just realized that I'm bouncing a little as I listen to iTunes on my headphones.  This is the first chance I've gotten to work on line on my with computer.  It has been a busy month.  Caleb learned to stand and got his first tooth in the same weekend.  He is EVERYWHERE at ( Read more... )

It's late and I don't have a lot of time to type but it's been a rough week in Moldova and I thought I should write something about it.   Paliamentary elections were held this past Sunday and the Communists won which lets them pick the next president.  There have been acusations of voter fraud and mass demonstrations at the parliament building.  Of ( Read more... )

The past couple of weeks I have really been missing Moldova. I’m not sure why that is. Yes, it is getting very close to the one year mark. But it’s not like I think, “Oh, I’ve been home for a year, what do I miss?” It just pops into my head more and more frequently. I wonder if Host Mom is back from Italy, I wish I could spend an afternoon tossing ( Read more... )

Little Moldova is making the news left and right these days. I thought ya’ll might enjoy reading about our favorite former soviet state from someone else’s point of view. Besides, I’ve only been through Transniestia (Trans-Dniester) once and can’t claim to know it very well.

From the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune:

When Brandy Isn't Dandy
Longing ( Read more... )