Sherwood Family Nonsense

A few years ago when Edwin was a baby about Joseph's age, Kathleen became intensely interested in helping Sophia get dressed, brush her ...

This post is dedicated to my friend, Bridget .  When she comes to collect her prize , she can add Baku to her list. Wherever Brandon and I...

My mother is not a pack rat.  She periodically has manic cleaning sprees where she tears through the house, throwing away anything that coul...

When I was pregnant with Edwin who was my first boy, I constantly heard the refrain, "oh boys are so  different... "  I always ask...

Dear Winter, This has gotten ridiculous.  When it snowed a few weeks ago, I was slightly bemused.  I could appreciate the novelty of s...

This past week I unpacked my last box.  Which I consider to be pretty good - only five weeks after arriving in a completely new country, all...

Baku is not known for its snow, in fact it hardly ever snows.  But on Thursday, we woke up to more snow on top of the last snow that fell.  ...

Today is an anniversary day - we've been here for one month.  And one year ago we were in the middle of the Arab Spring .  When I think...

When we were posted to Azerbaijan, often friends would ask us about the weather.  Was it pleasant? Did it snow much there?  I had read the p...

For my birthday on Saturday, Brandon took me out to eat.  Since we're in a new city, we have new restaurants to explore, which is one of...