Sherwood Family Nonsense

One of the small tragedies of quarantine in Uzbekistan has been my yard.  Last year I spent a lot of time and money getting pots, dirt, and...

We had a very lovely Easter, despite the cold and rainy weather.  After teasing everyone with warm spring weather, Tashkent treated us to a ...

It feels like a wave has swept across the world.  When the wave was far off, crashing across China, followed by Iran, and then Italy, we kne...

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...