In a little break from New England posts, I’ve had this one in the queue for a while and thought today might be a good day to post it while Nick finishes editing all his beautiful photos of New England. While I speak a lot about Portland on this blog… Read more
The Kingdom
After my last few posts on my childhood growing up in Saudi Arabia, many readers wanted to know a little bit more about the country that I called home as a child and my time spent in Saudi Arabia. I thought it might be beneficial before I delve too far… Read more
An Ode to the Third Culture Kids
If this title confuses you, just bear with me and I’ll provide a background on what I’m talking about. But to start, one of the things I hope to accomplish on this blog is to promote understanding & to negate ignorances. I think in order to do that, we need… Read more
Safe Amongst a Foreign World
Recently my mom has been putting home videos from my childhood on DVD and in the process she is sending me clips of them as she gets them. It’s so interesting for me to sit here, in the States, in Oregon, in the cold rainy days and remember back to… Read more