Sherwood Family Nonsense

A few weeks ago it was very windy here.  Baku almost always has a breeze.  In the summer this is nice.  In this winter it isn't.  But so...

I love mobile children.  Brandon disagrees with me - he'd rather they never move and instead stay in once place until they're twenty...

Last week I turned thirty-one.  This morning Sophia, in an impressed tone, told me that my church outfit made me look older. Curious as to h...

This shows upon your pillow, along with a supply of chocolate.  I still can't tell if the butterfly-holding princess has angry eyes or i...

Last year it snowed here a lot .  As someone raised in North Carolina by a mother who has an unholy fear of cold, I was taught to abhor...

January is Christmas card time here in Baku.  Since nobody reads (or has access to) the regulations about mail sent around Christmas time, t...

Deep down inside, I am a Luddite.  Not so deep down, or really at all inside, Brandon is a Luddite too. Which is probably good for our marri...

For all you dying to come to Azerbaijan (yes, all two of you, Mom and Dad), I have some very disappointing news: it's really just not th...

Last Thursday night I dressed up in my nice dry-clean only clothes, put on makeup and jewelry, kissed Brandon and the kids goodbye, and head...

Azerbaijan is kind of a strange place, culturally.  It's even strange geographically.  If you're trying to book a flight on Lufthans...