A Repat

Recent Stuff, and Other Stuff

January 19, 2012 A Repat
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I‘ve been meaning to tell you about a couple of things. But I get distracted and forget a lot. Only having the opportunity to finish your sentence about half the time is one of the things I’ve noticed motherhood… Sorry, what was I talking about? Anyway, we got some good news. Remember these? The Eighteen [...]

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And in Other News, I Caught My Hair On Fire

December 16, 2011 A Repat

We’re down to two suitcases. That’s right. I am two suitcases away from being completely unpacked for the first time since June. My words have been few around here because that finish line has been in sight. And it sure does look pretty. The little tidying elf somewhere inside of me is hollering, hold that [...]

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Like a Leaf on a Wednesday

December 7, 2011 A Repat

Here I sit on a Wednesday morning. Freshly fallen leaves have scattered across the yard outside. A squirrel is vigorously digging to retrieve something from the ground. There’s a gentle breeze, and though this is December, and North Carolina, the Bear left for preschool without a coat this morning and I could probably open the [...]

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Moving Again

November 29, 2011 A Repat

It was way back at the end of June when we packed those Eighteen Boxes and Mr. Potato Head and took off for wintry Bloemfontein and two months of unforgettable memories. As we drove back from Thanksgiving in Atlanta Sunday evening, sun setting, sky deep blue, and yellow near the horizon, the branches of a [...]

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One Recipe For Three Countries: Spicy Sausage Stir Fry

November 15, 2011 A Repat
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I am loving being back into the kitchen — now that I’m beginning to get the hang of navigating the local grocery store. {How weird is it to feel like a foreigner in the grocery store you’ve been going to since you were a kid?} I’ve almost completely stopped converting prices back into Rand in [...]

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I Know This Place

November 14, 2011 A Repat
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I know the smell of the fall in this place. The air, so crisp I wish I could bottle it and drink it right up all year long. The moon high and white — sky full of stars, sometimes you think you can see them all, sometimes you wonder where they’ve gone. I don’t remember [...]

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The Price of {in}Convenience

November 3, 2011 A Repat
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I didn’t learn to cook until I left the country. If I’m being honest. I could do a mean twice-stuffed potato, I could fry up some bacon (of course), and I could open a can of green beans, cook the heck out of em and hope for the best. But the majority of my skill [...]

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What I’ve Learned So Far

October 11, 2011 A Repat
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Our plane touched down nearly a month ago and it is still strange and wonderful and topsy-turvy and weird, all wrapped into one. And that’s somehow a good thing. Like a salad with strong-flavoured greens, sliced strawberries, toasted egg noodles and bacon. Who knows why, it all gets together and it’s good. Splash some olive [...]

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