Sherwood Family Nonsense

Life here in Tashkent is strange.  Inside the walls of our gate, life marches on in its usual progression of days.  We all wake up every mor...

Friday evening, Uzbek Air flew the first ever direct Tashkent to Washington flight.  On it were about seventy friends, colleagues, and assoc...

We have all been trading colds for the past month.  Many friends traveled over Christmas break and everyone brought back sicknesses, incl...

We haven't made a habit of living in popular tourist destinations for the majority of Brandon's Foreign Service career.  With the ex...

Elizabeth continues to be a charming baby, and I decided recently that she is enjoyable 23 3/4 hours of the day.  And some days she...

This Saturday we finally made it back up to the mountains.  I like that Uzbekistan has mountains, but they're much less convenient than ...

We have now been in Tashkent for eighteen months and have eighteen months left.  One one hand, this feels like a long time, and on the other...

I have no idea why children stick things in various orifices.  I don't understand what causes them to look at a small item (bean, bead, ...

This week we celebrated William's birthday.  I find it so strange that my penultimate baby is three years old.  This means that I have w...

When Kathleen reached sixth grade, I added exercising to her daily routine.  Exercising is a life skill that everyone can benefit from, so I...