The mortgage crisis is something we all have heard about during what… the last couple of years? People buy a house, then they cannot pay for it, the bank gets it, the bank sells it. I know how it works, I sold a couple of properties that were on foreclosure when I worked in real [...]
I just counted how many new books I’ve added to my shelf this month. I won’t tell you… OK, I will. 23! Between birthday gift cards, promotional codes, my husband’s continuous spoiling… 23 new books! That’s a lot, right? When do I have the time to read all those, plus the other ones I’ve purchased [...]
No, I am not trying to be tragic or talk about the Armageddon. But the Mayan prophecy about the transition that will supposedly happen on December 21st, 2012 has been following me everywhere I go these days. I have to be honest and say it is more than common that I will see titles about [...]
I finished getting my Christmas cards ready today. It has always been a tradition I enjoy, sending out a little greeting to friends and family. I think I still have every single card I’ve received during the last 10 years, since I started using the Internet and making friends all over. However, this year I [...]
Not long ago, I read a blog piece in El País, a Colombian newspaper. It was about how lonely people get when they move to a new country. All my fellow ex-pats know exactly how this feels, especially during the holidays when everyone seems to have a family plan, and ours is thousands of miles [...]
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