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Wool-gathering – October 2018 Edition

by Kevin | Oct 29, 2018 | daily life, Wool-gathering | 2 comments

wool-gathering noun indulgence in aimless thought or dreamy imagining; absent-mindedness. "a vacant daze that leads to formless wool-gathering" “Hey, I thought this was supposed to be weekly or on Wednesday?!” So this column was...

Common Questions for Expats, Episode 1: “Can you get that there?”

by Kevin | Oct 8, 2018 | daily life, Expat questions, Saudi Arabia | 0 comments

note: while some of this is unique to Saudi Arabia, many expats can benefit from some of these services. The world is smaller than you think One of the common questions for expats like us that we get when we tell people that we live in Saudi Arabia is: How do you live...

Curiosities of Social behavior in Saudi Arabia

by Lindsey | Sep 24, 2018 | daily life, Saudi Arabia | 0 comments

A Country in Transition Having only lived in Saudi Arabia for a year and only in one city that is nearly half expat and half Saudi, I don’t have a lot of experience but there are some interesting observations I have made. I think they can only be only understood in...

A Tale of Two Weekends or Solo-Parenting

by Kevin | Mar 29, 2018 | daily life | 6 comments

I am happy to introduce Lindsey to the blog. You will note that she is a much better writer than I. A weekend apart A few weekends ago, Lindsey took off to go to a professional development conference in Dubai. We thought we would give you a side-by-side account of...

We have joined the Instant Pot craze!

by Kevin | Feb 15, 2018 | daily life, Saudi Arabia | 0 comments

What is an Instant Pot? In case you have been living under a rock for the past few months, the Instant Pot is a ‘revolutionary’ new kitchen device that has taken the US (and parts of the world) by storm. I put revolutionary in quotes because it is...