Z is for Zambia
“White Rhino” (CC BY 2.0) by SarahDepper I never wanted to go to Africa. I was sure of it. That is, until I […]
Y is for Yemen
“YE 97 Ponte di Shahara” (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by Luca Bruno Photographer There is only one rule when driving in Yemen–basic rule #1–whoever […]
X is for Xanadu
“Bali Beach House – Bale” (CC BY 2.0) by Jesse Wagstaff Merriam-Webster defines Xanadu as an idyllic, exotic, or luxurious place. My image of […]
W is for Weehawken
“Sunset on the Hudson waterfront” (CC BY-SA 2.0) by joiseyshowaa It was the summer that changed my life–1968. I spent it in New […]
V is for Virginia
“Wreaths Across America Sunset at Arlingt” (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by joseph.gruber One of the original 13 colonies, Virginia became my home state when I joined […]
U is for United Arab Emirates
“Homeward bound” (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by gordontour We moved to the United Arab Emirates in 1996. Abu Dhabi was my second Foreign Service […]
T is for Transnistria
“Transnistria” (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by Marco Fieber/Ostblog.org Transnistria, a sliver of land at the eastern border of Moldova, right next to the Ukraine, […]
S is for San Francisco
“San Francisco” (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by Pedro J. Jiménez From January 1973 through March 1975, I lived in San Francisco while studying at […]
R is for Romania
“Romania-1727 – Peles Castle” (CC BY-SA 2.0) by archer10 (Dennis) (70M Views) I learned I had been selected for a Fulbright grant to […]
Q is for Qatar
“Doha, Qatar” (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by . Shell The summer of 1987, before I arrived in Doha in October of that year, the […]
P is for Paris
“Paris” (CC BY 2.0) by Moyan_Brenn Who doesn’t love Paris? There’s just one thing wrong with it for me–I kept being sent back there […]
O is for Oman
“Al Dhalam Souq IV” (CC BY-SA 2.0) by andryn2006 Oman sparkles. In the three years, from 1996 to 1999, that we lived in […]
Book Review: The Shadow of the Wind
I’ve been reading so many memoirs and genre fiction books that it took me awhile to get involved in Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s […]
N is for North Dakota
“John Deere Combine” (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by SnoShuu One of my favorite posters during my college days was a white background with a […]
M is for Moldova
“Kishinev morning” (CC BY-SA 2.0) by Clay Gilliland When the former Soviet Union broke apart, the small country of Moldova was one of […]
L is for Lake Winnibigoshish
“Minnesota Lakes” (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by evinella I thought I was too old for family vacations. I wanted to stay home, alone, while […]
