My grandfather Leo kept up a one-sided correspondence with various American presidents throughout his lifetime and today I found this telegram he had sent May 29, 1962. If you cannot read the copy: it is addressed to “President J.F. Kennedy” and in it he wrote: DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: HAPPY BIRTHDAY. WITH THE NEW FRONTIER HAVING [...]
Returning from the post-election United States this past week I felt something I’ve never felt before: Pride when showing my passport. Americans aren’t always well received outside the US and we feel thoughtful about that whenever we travel. On this journey homewards (to Spain) however I felt myself walking a little taller, holding my head [...]
Our first year or so in Spain was in many ways exhausting. The simplest acts of shopping or doing any kind of transaction took amazing amounts of patience and energy. As we are settling in we are taking on increasingly difficult tasks in Spanish, like buying a car or going before a Spanish hearing officer [...]
This afternoon as I embarked on a spray painting project that has left my hands ridiculously blue, I listened to the “shannon” list in our iTunes. After a while Brian came and asked “WHAT are you listening to? This is the craziest play list I’ve ever heard.” Really, it’s not a list so much as [...]
Several weeks ago I lost my aunt very unexpectedly. When it happened I wasn’t quite sure what to do with myself, or for my family, and then I dreamt up a project sure to keep me busy for a while: I would find all the photos I had of her, scan them, and then find [...]