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  • Week 30: 2018.4.1-2018.4.7
  • Week 26: 2018.3.4 – 2018.3.10
  • Week 25: 2018.2.25-2018.3.3
  • St. Louis

Recent Comments

Stephen Lu on Week 30: 2018.4.1-2018.4.7
Rick Christiansen on Week 30: 2018.4.1-2018.4.7
Linda allnutt on Week 26: 2018.3.4 – 2018.3.10
Rick Christiansen on St. Louis
Jillaine Henry on Weekend In Mount Dora

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Categories

  • Apartheid
  • Bahamas
  • Bi-racial
  • Black
  • Blogging Abroad
  • Books
  • Brasil
  • bread pudding
  • broken ankle
  • brunch
  • Cape of Good Hope
  • Cape Town
  • Caribbean
  • cheese
  • children
  • China
  • Chinese medicine
  • Christmas
  • circus
  • Circus Flora
  • conch fritters
  • CSA
  • Cultural differences
  • Culture
  • Culture shock
  • Dating
  • death
  • dinner
  • discrimination
  • Election
  • elephants
  • ESL
  • Expat
  • Expatriate
  • Family dynamics
  • Florida
  • Flying Wallendas
  • Food
  • Freeport
  • Global Nomad
  • gluten free
  • Grandkids
  • grief
  • growing up
  • haircut
  • healthy eating
  • Hong Kong
  • Interfaith
  • Japan
  • Johannesburg
  • Junkanoo
  • Kruger
  • Language
  • LGBT
  • lightning
  • Liuzhou
  • Liuzhou City Zoo
  • Liuzhou Industrial Museum
  • Madiba
  • Mandela
  • marriage
  • McDonald's
  • Missouri
  • Mongolian food
  • Mount Dora
  • Muslim
  • Nassau
  • Neighborhood
  • Neighbors
  • New Year's
  • organic veggies
  • pandas
  • Prejudice
  • presents
  • Racism
  • Rainbow Bridge
  • recipes
  • Relationships
  • Relationships
  • relocation
  • repatriation
  • rosemary
  • Safari
  • Saudade
  • Seniors
  • sibling rivalry
  • South Africa
  • sprained ankle
  • St. Louis
  • Star
  • Star Trek Discovery
  • step-families
  • storms
  • Study Abroad
  • summer pasta
  • summer squash
  • sundried tomatoes
  • teaching
  • Thanksgiving
  • Third Culture Kid
  • tourism
  • Travel
  • Travel writing
  • Triangle
  • Uncategorized
  • Valley of Flowers
  • Vero Beach
  • Violence
  • Walking
  • Walmart
  • widow
  • work visa
  • writing contest
  • Zoppe Family Circus

Category: Dating

children, circus, Dating, Expat, Family dynamics, Grandkids, Missouri, Relationships, Relationships, step-families, Uncategorized, Valley of Flowers, Zoppe Family Circus

Circus Fun

The latest adventure with Grandpa and the grandkids. The circus was in town! When I heard that the Zoppe Family … Continue reading Circus Fun

Bahamas, Caribbean, Cultural differences, Culture, Culture shock, Dating, Expat, Freeport, Junkanoo, Missouri, New Year's, St. Louis, step-families, Travel, Triangle

Happy (Bahamian) New Year!

As a child growing up in the Midwest, New Year’s was just a part of the Christmas break from school. … Continue reading Happy (Bahamian) New Year!

Bahamas, children, Christmas, Cultural differences, Culture, Dating, Expat, Family dynamics, Florida, Grandkids, Missouri, presents, Relationships, Relationships, step-families, Triangle, Uncategorized

A Christmas Story

I wrote previously about the challenges of Dating Grandpa. But there are perks too. This morning I had the privilege … Continue reading A Christmas Story

Election, Expat, Florida, Missouri, Neighborhood, Neighbors, Relationships, St. Louis, Triangle, Walking

My neighborhood

I woke up early on Election Day. The sky was overcast and there was a chill in the air, but … Continue reading My neighborhood

Dating, Family dynamics, Grandkids, Relationships, Seniors, Uncategorized

Dating Grandpa

Meeting people in the new millennium seems really different than it used to. I’ve ‘met’ people online that I now … Continue reading Dating Grandpa

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