Somerville, Massachusetts – December in the Pink House has blown by in a flurry of Christmas lights, Christmas carols, Christmas cookies, Christmas cards and Christmas shopping. I wrote about this dilemma two years ago (the last time we were home for the holidays)…
Somerville, Mass – This weekend we hosted our second annual party celebrating Maslenitsa, the Russian festival that bids farewell (perhaps prematurely) to winter. And before anyone calls me on it, I’m aware that we were a week early, but my…
Monteverde, Costa Rica – Now that the twins are old enough to understand and remember, I’m becoming more sentimental about Christmas. I grew up practicing the same traditions, year after year, at home–and I loved it. Even as a young…
Monteverde, Costa Rica – The Bosque Eterno de los Niños, or Children’s Eternal Rainforest, started back in 1987, when a fifth-grade class in Sweden decided to raise money to protect the rainforest. They did the typical fundraisers–puppet shows, bake sales…