Happy New Year 2012!
I hope all my friends out there in cyberspace have made it into the New Year safely! News reports here in Lima say that the bomberos were called out to more than 50 fires in the early morning hours, thanks (or no thanks) to the insane quantity of illegal fireworks that were going off. Seriously [...]
And the little one said “Move over”…
Parenting teens (and preteens) can be incredibly frustrating. My two have gotten to this phase where they don’t want to be in the same house at the same time. If one’s at mom’s house, the other wants to stay at dad’s. While it’s summer, we’ll put up with this crap, but once school starts again, [...]
Core Story
REverb10 Prompt: What central story is at the core of you, and how do you share it with the world? (Bonus: Consider your reflections from this month. Look through them to discover a thread you may not have noticed until today.) (Author: Molly O’Neill) This is the last Reverb10 prompt – while I might be [...]
Gift
Another REverb10 prompt, from Dec. 29: This month, gifts and gift-giving can seem inescapable. What’s the most memorable gift, tangible or emotional, you received this year? (Author: Holly Root) I’m going to stick with the tangible on this one, because I think I already discussed the emotional stuff enough in earlier Reverb10 prompts. Although, this [...]
Achieve
REverb10 Prompt: What’s the thing you most want to achieve next year? How do you imagine you’ll feel when you get it? Free? Happy? Complete? Blissful? Write that feeling down. Then, brainstorm 10 things you can do, or 10 new thoughts you can think, in order to experience that feeling today. (Author: Tara Sophia Mohr) [...]
Everything’s OK
Today’s Reverb10 prompt: Everything’s OK - What was the best moment that could serve as proof that everything is going to be alright? And how will you incorporate that discovery into the year ahead? (Author: Kate Inglis) Honestly, I don’t know that that moment has come yet for this year, although I have no doubts [...]
Christmas Plans
Christmas plans are shaping up, and it certainly looks like it’ll be a bit better than last Christmas. We won’t be having the boys with us this year, even though it’s our turn. I suggested to my husband that, as kids, they would probably have a lot more fun spending the Buenanoche (Christamas Eve celebration) [...]
You Make Me Live
Today’s Reverb10 Prompt: December 16 – Friendship How has a friend changed you or your perspective on the world this year? Was this change gradual, or a sudden burst? My husband and I had an unusual start to our relationship. It was a long distance relationship from the start, living in different countries, only seeing [...]
Being a Stepmom in Peru
Image by fnnkybutt via Flickr I’ve always liked kids. I spent a large part of my adulthood working with kids. My friends’ kids all loved me, and the feeling was mutual. However, I never had my own kids. I married late, and it just wasn’t something I ever got around to, although it was always [...]
Turron de Dona Pepa – Peruvian Dessert
Image via Wikipedia Continuing with last week’s post regarding El Senor de los Milagros, today I’m going to fill you in on a desert called turrón, or more specifically turrón de Doña Pepa. It shouldn’t be confused with the Spanish turrón, which is a nougat type of cake. The Peruvian turrón is a dessert made [...]
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