Don't Eat My Buchela!

Sunday (5 comments)

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:03:00 -0700

Coffee, tea, oven-warm whole wheat baguette slices slathered in butter and homemade apricot jam. Friends. Honest conversation. Gentle Sun.

And this: kids utterly occupied in their own world.

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Mushrooms (6 comments)

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:28:00 -0700

I was going to take the kids to the playground.

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Give a Child a Tree (8 comments)

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:57:00 -0700

On a beautiful day, at the back of our apartment.

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Blogging Break (8 comments)

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:35:00 -0700

Hi all. For those of you who come and visit regularly and get concerned when I don't update -- I am taking a little break for now. Far too much going on. Hugs to everyone :)

At the Playseum (1 comment)

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:45:00 -0700

One of the many things I am loving about being in the U.S. is the sheer vastness of things to do with children. [More]

Stones and Ponds (4 comments)

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:58:00 -0700

"Stones," my son explained thoughtfully to me,"like rocks, live outside." [More]

Making Smoke

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:24:00 -0700

The following is a step by step play of how to "make smoke" Buchela style.

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Conversations with Buchela (1 comment)

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:26:00 -0700

Buchela: Mama, are we going nowhere or yeswhere? Mama: (laughing) Yeswhere. Buchela: Whichwhere? Ahhh. The beauty of this simple conversation. I never ever correct my children's speech. I love to follow their progress as they work it o...

The Tuesday Playgroup (3 comments)

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:18:00 -0700

This is the playgroup we attend every Tuesday. We start out with free play.

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Swinging with "Ayate"

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:58:00 -0700

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Loving Ethiopian Food (11 comments)

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:21:00 -0700

Part of passing on my heritage to my kids is ensuring not only they learn to speak Amharic but that they also develop attachment for things Ethiopian.

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Spray Parks!!! (3 comments)

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:13:00 -0700

It has been hot around here. [More]

A 2 Year Old in the House! (5 comments)

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:08:00 -0700

To Whom It May Concern: I have turned 2. I don't know what my mother's excuse is for not throwing me a giant party like last year. Maybe it is the jet-lag? Anyway, she promises one when we get back home in September. Until then, I...

Super Ethios to the Rescue! (6 comments)

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 02:58:00 -0700

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My Garden, My Grandmother (1 comment)

Fri, 28 May 2010 18:37:00 -0700

As a child, I spent a lot of time at my grandmother's. One of my fondest memories of my time there involves helping her tend to her vegetable garden. [More]