**Yesterday**   Only a few more hours til I put the man on a plane.  We’re both listless.  There are things to do around the house – empty the trash, brush the animals,…

By Leucantha’s request – an ode to the neti pot.   Ode to Neti   My suffering acute, my concrete nose And drip, post-nasal, keeps me from my rest. My babe-filled womb expanding…

Thank you for calling the Brazilian embassy.  For 2008, the cost of a tourist visa is $100.  The cost of a student visa is $150.  The cost of a . . . <extended…

So you send in your application to get a visa for the country to which you intend to travel SEVERAL months in advance of your departure date.  You go over all components thoroughly…

Also?  I’m making two this year.   1 – Remember to take cloth bags to grocery to minimize amount of plastic bags that end up exploding out of our recycle drawer and all…