Archive for May, 2011
Sardines and Chickens
I received an invitation to attend a slide show and panel discussion hosted by the Belfast Historical Society entitled, “Working in Belfast, Chickens and Sardines.” Now who could turn that down? And besides for the two short years we have been here, I have heard stories of people raking up chicken feathers from their yards [...]
Arab Spring to Maine Spring
The title reflects an odd juxtaposition you may think. My husband Santiago just returned from a five month assignment to the US Embassy Algiers (from an earlier post, I recounted our December time together in Egypt). Once I returned in late January, ravenous reading of the New York Times was de rigueur as the Arab Spring [...]
