The story of our family, like a great majority of families in the American continent, is a story of immigrants, and this story keeps prolonging itself in time through generations. My grandparents from my father’s side were born in Europe in a place that reflects the history of that continent, rich and complex. Both of [...]

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Another of the chores of the fall season is to clean up the garden. Since our yard is quite big, sometimes the task becomes almost overwhelming. Only picking up the tree leaves is tiring. We have three big oaks in our front yard that shed so many leaves that we couldn’t find anyone who [...]

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Now that we got past the bad moment of seeing our court date postponed, I’m using all my energy to learn Amharic. I switched from recognizing the alphabet to trying to get used to the sound of the language so that with a bit of luck I’ll be capable to speak a little when [...]

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Since we don’t have much time until we travel, I decided to make a list of things to take to Ethiopia. I guess it could be useful to parents who will be traveling soon, so I made it available for anyone to download. It can be printed out and checked while you get your things [...]

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