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January 13, 2014 Tracy

Habesha Mary Poppins

Addis Ababa, Kids, Life in General

We hired a nanny this week. We don’t actually need a nanny right now, but it looks like I might go back to work sooner than expected, so I decided

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January 7, 2014January 7, 2014 Tracy

Christmas Again

Addis Ababa, Living Overseas, Photography

A nasty flu bug has been going around since Thanksgiving. It made us cancel our Christmas dinner in December, and now our neighbors are very sick and had to cancel

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January 2, 2014January 2, 2014 Tracy

Salaam

Addis Ababa, Living Overseas

I’ve worked with people from all over Africa, and the one thing I can generalize about is the importance they place on greetings. Ethiopians are no exception. My very first

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December 30, 2013 Tracy

2013: There Are No Words. (Just kidding, I have lots of words.)

Life in General, Living Overseas

Thinking about everything we’ve done this year, I can hardly believe it was all the same year. 2013 was fantastic, really; we just packed so much into it, I feel

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December 24, 2013December 24, 2013 Tracy

Our Ethiopian Family

Addis Ababa, Living Overseas

Being so far away from family during the holiday season is the hardest thing about this overseas lifestyle. Added to the fact that we missed out on the holiday parties

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December 11, 2013December 11, 2013 Tracy

Love Thy Neighbor

Addis Ababa, Life in General, Living Overseas, Pretoria, Rome

The death of Nelson Mandela last week wasn’t exactly unexpected, but it still makes me sad and I can’t get it out of my head. I feel like I should

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December 7, 2013December 18, 2013 Tracy

Life Is Not Fair

Addis Ababa, Living Overseas

Our car finally arrived this week, and we’re so happy to have some freedom to explore Addis. We spent the morning at the Embassy where Charlotte played on the playground,

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November 29, 2013November 29, 2013 Tracy

Language Lessons

Addis Ababa, Living Overseas

Some of you may not know this, but I am a big nerd when it comes to languages. I mean, I’m a nerd in general, but learning languages might actually

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November 27, 2013 Tracy

Teff Gets Civilized

Living Overseas

by Dan Every once in a while, I get to see something cool at work. Today, I got to see the first demonstration of a teff combine harvester in Ethiopia.

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November 25, 2013November 25, 2013 Tracy

I Love Addis In the Springtime…

Addis Ababa, Living Overseas

In some ways, moving to Ethiopia is like moving to another planet. For example, I can’t figure out what season it is. Based on the flowers in our garden, I’m

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