Finally trying to post some photos from my June trip. Here’s a smattering of highlights!

It’s 4 am and I can’t sleep. I’m leaving in an hour to catch a plane to Lahore so it’s just as well. Had some terrible news from home that our car was stolen from our driveway and they also broke into our house (while my husband and two-year-old were asleep), grabbed our wallets (from [...]

Whew! I boarded in Portland and something like thirty hours later am safely cozy in my hotel after about seven hours of sleep. When I changed planes in Chicago, we landed just as a massive lightning storm hit, so we were stuck on the tarmac for well over an hour as they were no letting [...]

Sometimes we just love our town of Portland, Oregon. We were the first city in the Northwest to pass a Sweatshop Free purchasing policy, ensuring that all city agencies that purchase apparel do so from companies that “disclose the locations of their manufacturing facilities and abide by ethical sourcing practices.” The City, like any other [...]

I’m waiting for my husband to get back from picking up my in-laws at the airport. My house is never so clean as right before they arrive. Cleaning the stove itself was a 4.5 hour project involving three different (nontoxic) cleaners, about six different scrubby sponges and a toothbrush for in between the buttons. Obviously, [...]