Musings From a Traveling Auntie
I've known for a while that I won't have children. It wasn't a conscious decision, at least not at first. It was just something that never happened, for a variety of reasons, and in [...]
A Year Without Jon
I’ve been trying to write this post for a while but I keep abandoning my drafts and starting over. I haven’t a clue how to say anything meaningful without sounding trite. But let me [...]
From the Melville Cat: The Lucky 5 Star is MINE
Another guest post from the Melville Cat. Actually, I don’t think he can be considered a guest anymore. He is a regular 2Summers resident now. Read more from the Meville Cat here, here, and [...]
A Time to Be Born, A Time to Die
Last weekend I attended a baptism for Kulani, the son of my friends Florence and Rob. You may remember Florence and Rob — they took me to my first South African wedding last month. St. [...]
Baseball, Football, Family and 9/11
Before moving to South Africa, I spent much of my adulthood living and working in the Washington D.C. area. But growing up, I lived closer to Baltimore. My parents are both Baltimorians. I was [...]
A Garden in Gaither (or Scenes From Sykesville)
My dad still lives in the house where my sister and I grew up. It’s in a quasi-rural part of Maryland, about an hour’s drive north of Washington D.C. and 40 minutes west of [...]
Celebrating Cooncie With Hurricane Irene
Yesterday was my grandmother’s memorial celebration, held on our family farm in Ellicott City, Maryland. It was also the day that Hurricane Irene hit America’s East Coast. (Ellicott City is a couple of hours [...]
On the Road, Again
Joe and I just got back from an epic road trip around South Africa: from Joburg, to Durban, to Port Shepstone, to Hogsback, to Port Elizabeth, to Joburg. On the road at sunrise in [...]