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Life with Joseph (and Vivienne) - 12 - Brrrrr-n!
On Monday, Vivienne received the blessing of the Swiss government; today we travelled to the American Embassy in Bern for a simlar...
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Life with Joseph (and Vivienne) - 11 - Money and Shopping
I'll never convince a credit-card wielding American, but shopping with cash in a country like Switzerland is great! I'll admit...
Life with Joseph (and Vivienne) - 10 - Mmm, Milk!
There's some debate just what Emmen is. Stephan says it's a suburb of Luzern, and I suppose it is, Luzern being a 15-minute bus...
Life with Joseph (and Vivienne) - 9 - Snow & Planes
Lately it's looked a lot more like picture-perfect Switzerland, thanks to the snow and cold. Except that it could be...
Mona Lisa News
Still famous after all these years. Check out the news about the light a copy sheds on da Vinci's masterpiece. (Just a...
Susan G. Komen: Wimps
Way to make everyone mad, Susan G. Koman folks. Either make a decision, or don't. If you're thinking about an action as...
Life with Joseph (and Vivienne) - 8 - Spinning
Joseph has two different words for "spin." One, pronounced "pin," refers to when he, himself, is spinning. The other I...
Life with Joseph (and Vivienne) - 7 - Who Misses Dad-o?
This was the first video , taken nearly two weeks ago to let Dad-o know that Joseph is thinking about him even though he isn't here...
Life with Baby Vivienne
It’s hard to compare Vivienne with Joseph as a newborn. I’m used to not having a life already, so that makes it all...
Homeschooling is IN?
Here's an interesting article from Newsweek on the popularity of homeschooling with "urban, educated" parents . We think of...
The New Industrial Revolution: We're Still Getting it Wrong
We interrupt the Life with Joseph series to bring you this very important post from the Occasional CEO: Lowell on the...
Life with Joseph (and Vivienne) - 6 - Navigation
The real question is not, How Smart Is Your Baby? but How can you help your baby avoid losing his extraordiary powers as he grows up?...
Life with Joseph (and Vivienne) - 5 - Language
Joseph's language abilities are growing steadily; it's amazing to see how much he has learned in the short time I've been here. ...
7 Quick Thanks Friday – 14 (Vivienne is born!)
This week the list of things to be thankful for could and should go on and on, so I just went with the first things that came to mind....
Life with Joseph (and Vivienne) - 4 - Prayer Time
Every day, after the noon meal, we follow the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer "Daily Devotions for Individuals and Families" noontime...
Vivienne Linda Stücklin’s Birth Story
The rest of the story, for those who like the details . . . Unlike Joseph’s birth, it was hard to know when labor actually...
Life with Joseph - 3 - He Has a Sister!
As you might have guessed by the blog silence, we've been a little busy around here. We have Baby News at last! Vivienne...
Announcing Vivienne Linda Stücklin
On January 21 st , 2012 we welcomed a precious little girl into our family. Vivienne Linda Stücklin was born at home at...
Life with Joseph - 2 - Mealtime in Emmen (no baby news yet)
Breakfast An international child, Joseph might start his day with leftover pizza, or rice, or bread and peanut butter, or a tortilla...
7 Quick Thanks Friday – 13 (Still not in Labor)
Things I am thankful for in no particular order: Our baby is still healthy and moving plentifully (it’s uncomfortable...
Is Our Postage Too Cheap?
Do e-mail, SMS, Facebook, Skype, and other quick-and-easy forms of communication, in an increasingly non-literate society, spell doom...
RIP, Senator
When Moses received the Ten Commandments, when Hatshepsut ruled Egypt, when the Phoenicians were developing their alphabet, The Senator...
Life with Joseph - 1 (no baby news yet)
It's hard being a long-distance grandmother, whether the distance is 1000 miles or 4800. Certainly I'd rather our grandchildren...
Forgetfulness and the Doorway Effect
[ I know most of you are waiting for Baby News, but as that has not yet been forthcoming, I have to improvise. ] A series of...
How To Read a Book: Part II (or How to Have a Conversation)
‘Way back in September I gave an incomplete review of Mortimer Adler’s “How to Read a Book” and said that last...