Eritrea had been independent for less time than I had worked for the US Department of State when I arrived there in February 2004. I knew very little about it, only that it gained independence from Ethiopia in the early 1990s. My stay in Eritrea was short–just four months. But by the time I left,Continue reading “E is for Eritrea”
Author Archives: Sandra Yeaman
D is for Doha
“Doha skyline” (CC BY 2.0) by Francisco Anzola When I got off the plane late one October evening in 1987 in Doha, my first thought was Who left the oven door open? The heat assaulted me at the top of the stairs set up on the tarmac to facilitate passengers getting off the plane. I had never feltContinue reading “D is for Doha”
C is for Cairo
“The Great Pyramid & Sphinx, Cairo, Egypt” (CC BY-SA 2.0) by Aero Pixels I didn’t want to go to Cairo. I had just arrived in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in August of 1996 to take up my responsibilities as management officer of the US Embassy there. I was eager to get started. But instead, I was sentContinue reading “C is for Cairo”
B is for Barbados
“Harbour” (CC BY-SA 2.0) by Loozrboy Ever dreamed of living on a tropical paradise island? I did. Both the dreaming and the living. From December 1989 to June 1991, I lived in Bridgetown, Barbados, where I worked first as one of six consular officers and then as the financial management officer of the US Embassy. But Barbados wasn’tContinue reading “B is for Barbados”
A is for Antananarivo
“Cochecitos” (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by copepodo Check out the toy cars made from soft drink cans. From September 2003 until January 2004, I lived in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar. Known as Tananariv during a period of French colonization, it got shortened even further to Tana, especially by foreigners who have trouble getting the multiple-syllable names out withContinue reading “A is for Antananarivo”
A to Z Challenge Theme
“world map 3D” (CC BY 2.0) by kcp4911 OK, I know I’m ten days late. Revealing my #AtoZChallenge was supposed to take place on March 21. But hey, I didn’t learn about the A to Z Challenge until March 28. So I’m catching up. My A to Z Challenge Theme will be places I have lived or stayedContinue reading “A to Z Challenge Theme”
A to Z Challenge
“Logos A to Z three Louise Fili LTD” (CC BY-SA 2.0) by bjornmeansbear I just signed up to take part in the 2016 A to Z Blogging Challenge. Wish I had heard about it sooner because some planning would probably improve my posts. But the lure of discovering other writers and their thoughts was greater than my fearContinue reading “A to Z Challenge”
Book Review: The Orchid House
Lucinda Riley’s New York Times 2012 best seller, The Orchid House, spans seven decades and two continents, and addresses the lives of three generations of landowners and their employees and their descendants in Norfolk, England. The three generations of the Crawford family, owners of Wharton Park, are on the verge of losing the estate throughoutContinue reading “Book Review: The Orchid House”
Book Review: Farewell to Manzanar
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston revisits the three years she and her family spent in Manzanar, one of ten internment camps run by the US War Department for relocated persons of Japanese ancestry during World War II. Her father had been taken away earlier, arrested for presumably supplying fuel to Japanese submarines from his fishing boat offContinue reading “Book Review: Farewell to Manzanar”
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