One of the more amusing things here in Korea Is the Engrish. Or you could call it Konglish. It is everywhere. Often something is lost in translation from one language to another. Many times a word is spelled incorrectly, but other times it is just plain misused. It hits me in the funny bone every time [...]
A couple of weeks ago I tried to buy 3 hens from a chicken farm that is here. It is on the drive from Camp Humphreys to Osan Air Force Base. J.C. and I went with our dogs’ empty kennel in the rear of our hooptie station wagon, so we could transport the birds back [...]
I feel pretty proud of myself. Today was the first harvest of my Korean garden! Well, my American style Korean garden. I wish I had planted more spinach and lettuce, but I was saving garden bed space for beets and carrots. They are just to the right of the greens, but are too small to [...]
For years now I have been wanting to live on a farm. These pictures were taken a while back when my kids were way smaller and my dad was still with us. It started back when I was a child living in San Diego, California. Most folks were so happy to live there. It was [...]
I was having a very interesting conversation with my neighbor Jennifer today, from ourjennericlife.com. She is here with her husband and her dogs. She, like me is trying to live out a normal life here. Today’s topic was about out stuff back home. Stuff, all kinds of stuff. Stuff that maybe we don’t need. I [...]
The long awaited email came today. “Your house closed today, you are finished.” All I can say is, Thank you God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We never should have bought that house. It was too much for our budget and we knew that something was wrong with the housing market. (We purchased it right before the market went completely [...]
