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Life in Arabia: June 2006
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Monday, June 26, 2006. Life is hard, and then you get attacked by hundreds of little itchy blisters - 264 to be exact - and you can't get on the plane. Which is of course, what happened to us two weeks ago. Actually, the chicken pox happened to us two weeks ago. I think it was two weeks ago. It was such a long, hard time that it could have been a year ago. It certainly felt like it lasted a year, and I wasn't the one with the pops! I never want to be inside again. Posted by Goodlife Dubai @ 10:45 pm.
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Life in Arabia: August 2006
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Saturday, August 26, 2006. The Pipotame (aka, Progeny) really made great strides with his French this summer. He loved his French summer camp, though I didn't hear the kids speaking French very often. But one day he came out of his classroom gurgling, 'rrrrruh rrrrruh rrrrrruh' with a perfectly French 'rrr' sound, and I knew we had it made. Three weeks in Corsica/Paris with his older sister sealed the deal. By week two, he was running around exclaiming, 'oh, c'est trop bien! Oh, that's too great! The inh...
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Life in Arabia: April 2006
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Saturday, April 29, 2006. This past week, the wind blew in from the desert. You could hear the Empty Quarter in the air on Wednesday, feel the hot breath of nothingness down your neck. My mother got out of town just in time. I don't know how my in-laws are going to make it when they come at the end of May. We went out anyway. I carry my child in a Maya Wrap. Who should she be? I want a single woman, or at the very least, a woman without children back home. I don't want her to resent my kid because he...
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Life in Arabia: July 2006
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Monday, July 31, 2006. My little guy loves making fence music. Whenever he sees an iron fence, he has to find a good stick to make a little fence music. We also have fun looking for loose manhole covers that rock from side to side, or metal grates to jump and bang on. But mostly it's about the fence music. Between our little apartment and summer camp were three blocks of perfect fences. We'd have to leave early to get them all played before camp started. Posted by Goodlife Dubai @ 7:53 pm. Magic place...
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Life in Arabia: September 2006
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Sunday, September 03, 2006. Even though I'm moving back to my home town, I'm still looking for reasons this is a GOOD THING, and not a venture fraught with unknowns. And so my thoughts turn to the rituals that made growing up a bit more magical. The first thing I'm looking forward to introducing to my son? The Apple Harvest Festival. Posted by Goodlife Dubai @ 11:51 am. Links to this post. Friday, September 01, 2006. Especially when her name is Kate. And whether I dissolve into tears or giggles, she'll a...
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Life in Arabia: March 2006
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Wednesday, March 29, 2006. Coffee, tea, or? In another life, I was a potter. I taught pottery, working as a teacher's assistant at the Art League, for years, in addition to running the kiln room or glaze team. Last month, our things from the States arrived, and I am again blessed with beautiful handmade mugs and bowls, vases and urns, other wonders of time and knowledge. Heaven. I can't wait to get dirty. Posted by Goodlife Dubai @ 7:45 am. Links to this post. Friday, March 24, 2006. Links to this post.
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Life in Arabia: May 2006
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Monday, May 29, 2006. We went to dinner. The other night. My belle famille is visiting, and as they have friends all over the world, they have friends in Dubai who quick quick! Organized a dinner party in their honour. Mme. P is a delightful, beautiful, charming woman whose poise, style and grace has me a bit in awe. She is a woman who includes you in her beauty, taste, and generous spirit, rather than putting you in awe of her talents. This, in itself, is a rare gift. I really would like the chance to g...