Portrait of a Bilingual Marriage
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Two Languages, One Family: Portrait of a Bilingual Marriage.
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O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree! The Eternity of Papy
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It has to touch the ceiling. Always. Every year. That's our criteria for a Christmas tree. Our living room ceiling is 8 ft. high, so that is a feasible reach, but our son's tops out at 15 ft., presenting a little more of a challenge—especially since his living room/kitchen area makes up a large part of the second floor of his house. During the ten years we lived on a sailboat, we were occasionally able to put a tree outside on the deck, and then, literally, the sky was the limit.
Read MoreWe Banned Nintendo, and Now It's Back!
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The latest craze, fad, and craziness that has burst upon the pop culture scene is Pokémon Go, brought to us by, once again, Nintendo. I thought this company was dead! Well, at least in my mind it was. I had buried it years ago.
Read More'Outside' Magazine Features Son, After the Mast
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Formed by his 10 years on board Cowabunga, son pursues new adventures with his family and their home in a van.
Read MoreWe Stopped the World and Got Off, and It Changed our Lives
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Two nights at sea, my husband's glasses overboard, a bit of inclement weather, and our decision was made. We were hooked. We would buy a sailboat, and sail the world with our children. And we did.
Read MoreHopping On and Off with Huffington Post
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How We Stopped the World and Got Off for 10 Years, and Why It Changed Our Lives
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His Gorge(ous) Life
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My son, Sean, has found his peace and piece—of paradise—in a tucked away valley of the great Northwest. He thrives in the great outdoors and it is, literally, right at his front doorstep. All he has to do is step outside.
Read MoreCasablanca and Moroccan Charm
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It was another first for us. We landed in Africa—a new continent. Granted, we had made a brief, one-night stop in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on the North African coast a few days earlier, but for all intents and purposes that was still Spain. This was Casablanca, Morocco, something completely different, and a door to the new and unknown.
Read MoreCuraçao Delight: Going Dutch
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"Life is what happens while you are making other plans" the adage goes. I believe there is much truth to this. Indeed, many of our travels, mishaps, and adventures happened in this vein: hiccups in our master plan, a curve in the road, a fly in the ointment. Consequently our plans would change, sometimes drastically. It was in such a framework that we unexpectedly discovered and lingered on the delightful island of Curaçao, one of the "ABCs" (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao) in the Dutch Antilles—thanks to a sudden whim.
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