I can be hard on myself about certain ways in which I handle living abroad. Awkward language-barrier encounters, not being assertive enough, not having local friends. But one thing I’ll say outright that I deserve kudos for: Driving a car in foreign countries. To know why this is especially commendable in my particular case, we’d have […]
These are well-known facts to anyone from Michigan: A Michigander is a person who is from or who lives in Michigan. The lower peninsula of Michigan is shaped like a hand, and Michiganders indicate where they’re from by pointing to a spot on their own hand. People from the lower peninsula consider anything on the […]
Hi Readers! Hope there are still some of you out there after my 40-day hiatus from blogging. I returned from the epic two-month vacay on July 1 and Mr.YemenEm and I are planted in an amazing loft in a hip and happening area in DC. We’ll be sweating it out in muggy Washington through mid-September. […]
