Category Archives: Family

WWW

Posted on 19 Dec 2013 by lornaofarabia

A week of service learning outside the traditional classroom is an important component of the academic program at many international schools. In September, ICS students in grades 10 and 12 had their Week Without Walls: grade 10 worked with a … Continue reading →

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Giving thanks

Posted on 29 Nov 2013 by lornaofarabia

Happy Thanksgiving, my friends. There was a different post here earlier today which is no longer up. I accidentally hit the “post” button last night on an unfinished piece that I was working on for after the holiday. Once it … Continue reading →

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Stornoway man

Posted on 22 Jul 2013 by lornaofarabia

Where are you, Murdo? One of the things that keeps drawing me back to Lewis is the family connection. This is my third trip here. Each time I come armed with a little more information, but it’s never quite enough … Continue reading →

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Cam ye o’er frae France?

Posted on 21 Jul 2013 by lornaofarabia

Today Andreas and I had the very happy task of picking up our son Kosta at the Stornoway airport. Andreas hadn’t seen Kosta for more than two years; I saw him at Christmas, but that’s still too long ago in … Continue reading →

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The OAP and me

Posted on 23 Jun 2013 by lornaofarabia

With Alekka back in the states for the summer, this will be the longest time Andreas and I have ever been our own together without any of our children. We each already had kids when we met 29 years ago, … Continue reading →

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Alexandra Leaving

Posted on 22 Jun 2013 by lornaofarabia

(“Alexandra Leaving” is a Leonard Cohen song – one that he sang last night. Sigh.) I took Alekka to Heathrow this morning. She is off to spend the rest of her summer in Oregon with her sister and other assorted siblings … Continue reading →

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This is just to say

Posted on 23 May 2013 by lornaofarabia

This is just to say I have eaten the can of American tuna that was hidden at the back of the cupboard and which you were probably saving for lunch on a hard day. Forgive me it was delicious creamy … Continue reading →

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White man dancing

Posted on 17 Mar 2013 by lornaofarabia

I have written at length about the culinary nirvana that is Ethiopian food, so I won’t repeat myself here (not today, anyway).  My uninitiated American friends can find out where to find the good stuff if they scroll to the … Continue reading →

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Adventures with Wolfy and Balto

Posted on 7 Feb 2013 by lornaofarabia

My daughter Alekka is away this week on her Grade 10 “Week without Walls” experience in northern Ethiopia.  Alekka took a camera on the trip; if she comes back with some good pictures, I think I’ll ask her to do … Continue reading →

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Reentry

Posted on 6 Feb 2013 by lornaofarabia

I feel I should apologize for, or at least explain, my two-month absence from this site.  I haven’t been malingering, not this time, anyway; more like I hit a bump in my life and had to take a break.  I’m … Continue reading →

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