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June 2010

June 26, 2010
Three days, three continents, nearly 30 hours in the air and 3 1/2 hours (inexplicably)...
June 22, 2010
Apart from my beautiful son, my very favorite souvenir from Africa was this hand-made rag...
June 21, 2010
Our first stopover on our journey home to California from Malawi was in Johannesburg, where...
June 20, 2010
Hiya from JoBurg where we're on a long layover between flights and I've managed to...
June 14, 2010
A quick note to say that, Lord willing, we will be home in Los Angeles...
June 13, 2010
June 12, 2010
Hi everybody.We're feeling pretty darn grumpy over here in Malawi at the moment.New delays. Unexpected...
June 10, 2010
Such beautiful voices.Such beautiful people.
June 10, 2010
My iPhone has turned into a block of wood. Well, plastic and stuff.No service. No...
June 10, 2010
Vasco and Frankie on Wednesday at Smile Malawi Back on October 12, 2007, a few...
June 06, 2010
One of the great joys of new, legal, adoptive parenthood is the blessing of name-giving.On...
June 06, 2010
Malawi Flames superfans.It was a quiet Saturday in Lake Wo-be-Malawi ...Our first real "down day"...
June 02, 2010
At approximately 2:30 p.m. Malawi time on Tuesday, June 1, 2010, the High Court of...
June 01, 2010
 THIS IS WHERE A PICTURE OF VASCO STANDING IN FRONT OF A SIGN THAT SAYS...

May 2010

May 28, 2010
Hi everybody.This is the part where I'm supposed to write that the adoption was approved...
May 27, 2010
From L-R: Vasco's uncle Mavuto, his other uncle Esmie's husband (never caught his first name),...
May 23, 2010
Secret Church: Welcome home... For more than fifteen years, I didn't go to church. I...
May 22, 2010
GODSTUFFHARD-WIRED FOR GOODNESSIn the creation story in the biblical Book of Genesis, after God created...
May 20, 2010
Hello family and friends!This is a private blog that we have set up to keep...
May 16, 2010
Nostalgia Sunday ... The Ghost in YouBy The Psychedelic Fursa man in my shoes runs...
May 10, 2010
Happy 50th Birthday, Mr. BonoOn this day in 1960, a wee child with an enormous...
May 07, 2010
GODSTUFFMOMMYHOOD, IN SIX WORDS Imagine writing your memoir — a story that encapsulates all of...
May 05, 2010
Liturgical Fabulosity: I (Heart) EpiscopaliansJust a little mid-week happy to put a smile on your...

April 2010

April 29, 2010
A year ago today, a sick little boy from Malawi walked through the the arrivals...
April 28, 2010
Calling all Gracespotters: Thursday night in Chicago (4/29/2010)Please join me TOMORROW NIGHT, THURSDAY APRIL 29,...
April 27, 2010
Powerful words on writing fromSt. Freddie of Rupert Speak What We Feel, Not What We...
April 23, 2010
Hearing again for the first time ...  In the Zen tradition, there is a saying...
April 22, 2010
Oh, HOOOOray!New Sarah McLachlan...Welcome back, Miz Sarah.We missed you.
April 21, 2010
GODSTUFFSAVE ME A GOOD SEAT IN HEAVEN, UNCLE DODI.Seven years ago, at the start of...
April 21, 2010
Meekness is strength.One of my dearest friends posted this poem by Mary Karr on our...
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