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New Year's Resolution #7 - Talk Less, Listen More
(This is not the resolution I thought I'd be adding this month, but as authors often say about the characters in their novels, my...
sursumcorda, 8 July 2010 |
Swiss Baby Adventure: Life in the City
My original impression of Basel as a quiet place has been irrevocably shattered now that I'm here in the summer instead of the...
Pictures
More pictures here . You’ll need a login: it’s a popular TV series about six adults in an apartment and the...
Found His Thumb
Joseph is eating like crazy (which is great because I have a lot of milk for him) and starting to plump up. Today he found his...
Out of the Mouths of Babes
Grandma: "It's afternoon where you are, but it's nearly bedtime here in Switzerland." Noah: "What...
Joseph Andreas Stücklin
There's new life for this blog! For an introduction and photo see this blog post by my wonderfully supportive husband.
Last Belly Photos
Here I am, 8 days before my due date at my sister-in-law's wedding. What a great celebration! Little did I know that the...
Swiss Baby Adventure: Fruitful Moments
I left the new family to their own devices on Saturday morning, when Stephan's mom whisked me away for an adventure. There is a...
Swiss Baby Adventure: Welcome, Joseph Andreas Stücklin!
Janet and Stephan are the proud parents of Joseph Andreas Stücklin , born at home in Basel, Switzerland on June 28, 2010, at...
Firefox Pages All Blank
On Sunday, Firefox suddenly stopped working on my computer. It would open all right, but no matter what URL I used it would only...
Lame, Mr. Asimov, Really Lame
The day I arrived in Basel on this trip, I felt in need of some "chill-out" reading that wouldn't tax my jet-lagged brain cells. ...
Swiss Baby Adventure: Adjustments, Part 2 - Diapers
To repeat, from Part 1 , lest I forget: The first principle is that nobody should be ashamed of thinking a thing...
Swiss Baby Adventure: Adjustments, Part 1 - Laundry
The first principle is that nobody should be ashamed of thinking a thing funny because it is foreign; the second is...
Swiss Baby Adventure: Victories
The trouble with having a handicap not shared by most people is that no one appreciates it when you have a major victory. If...
Swiss Baby Adventure, Days 3 - 6: Settling In
Stephan returned from a business trip, and graciously spent what few minutes he had free to install a new system that not only...
Swiss Baby Adventure, Days 0 - 2: Getting There
I know, I know, I have many more adventures to write up, but I'm starting with this one, as I think it will be more interesting to most...
Irresistibly Cute Family Picture
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Five and Counting
Since my first bold move in the middle of high school, I’ve grown my hair long and donated the ponytail four times to Locks of...
Xylitol - An Unintentional Experiment
I wrote about xylitol when I discovered it in Japan four years ago, and that remains one of my most popular posts. Although I...
Flag Day 2010
Some of my favorite flags:
The Baby Pool Is Open!
Visit Stephan's blog to enter your guesses about Little One Stücklin's arrival details. Here's a teaser to help you...
The Real Food Revolution
The Rest of the Story . The true revolution behind Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution television show was based in Connecticut...
For Our Nerdy Family
For reasons obscure (who needs a reason, anyway?) I was looking up mathematician/musician Tom Lehrer and came upon this. Enjoy!...
A Laugh from the Past
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In and The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Thanks to Netflix, we're reprising the...
New Year's Resolution #6 - Cast Away Fear
I'm not sure exactly where I'm going with this resolution, and I really have no business adding another when I haven't made much...