So I’ve decided that the world simply can’t live without a fabulous book about a girl who almost blows off her eyebrows trying to cook a potato, who finds a pseudo-dead body in the hallway of her hotel, and who lives on a houseboat in the Nile for a whole entire day. That’s right. … Continue reading
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There’s Nothing Funnier than a Lost Parade
A couple of evenings ago, the Saint Pete Beach Christmas Boat Parade made its way down the Intracoastal Waterway behind our house. Mom, Dad and I were sitting in front of the TV trying to find a good Christmas movie while we waited for the boats to arrive. There were mugs of hot chocolate and … Continue reading
Research Video Posted
I’ve posted all the research video I took while I was in Cairo. I know the video quality itself isn’t great – I took the movies as research notes for me and my supervisor to look at, not because they would ever win the Palm d’ Or – but I thought you might enjoy seeing … Continue reading
Dreamin’ My Life Away
Due to some trouble sleeping lately, last night I prowled around my bookshelves looking for a book that would have something of a more soporific effect than the one I’d been reading. I stumbled upon something I’d been given as a child called A Walk in Monet’s Garden. This isn’t actually a book; it’s a … Continue reading
I Must Have Some Sort of Mystical Water-Based Powers
Yesterday my dad and I decided to fix the fish lamp I brought back from Cairo. He (the lamp, that is) needed a new plug and lightbulb socket. We’d already tried to fix him once and it didn’t work, so yesterday morning we went back to the hardware store and got all the pieces we’d … Continue reading
The Airport Dance of Doom
The Allentown-Bethlehem airport is really small. It currently has a perky little website explaining how it’s an international airport because you can get a flight to Toronto from there. Once upon a time, they used to keep the planes in dinky little hangars that looked more like garages. I remember flying to Allentown to visit … Continue reading
Virus!
My dear Skirts, I am so sorry to have been absent for a whole week! But if necessary I can produce a bona fide doctor’s note for a virus. Equally importantly I just got my computer back from cleaning and revamping since it had been taken over by nasty evil cyber creepy-crawly viruses while I … Continue reading
Home for the Holiday
To start at the end: I am currently in a small town in Pennsylvania, sitting at my aunt’s kitchen table. Not long ago the churchbells chimed out “Good King Wenceslas.” My aunt came and tucked me up on the couch with fluffy pillows and blankets. I am surrounded by family, and more will be arriving … Continue reading
Homeward Bound
The news from home being that my grandmother is not improving and may slip away from us shortly, I decided to cut my trip short by a few weeks and get myself back to the States. I will be leaving Egypt this coming Monday. I find it difficult to believe that in a few … Continue reading
Connections
For the past day or so the internet in our apartment hasn’t been working. Predictably, as soon as there was urgent news from home it became difficult to make contact. My grandmother fell a few days ago and hit her head. I last heard that she appears to be stable and in less pain than … Continue reading
In a Merry Hour: Caitlin E McDonald 