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Counting Down to the End of School
We have 7.5 days of school left here in Switzerland and the boys are counting down. I am counting down too, but instead of checking the calendar 18 times a day and jumping around the house shouting about how I’m almost free like they are I am coming up with strategies on how to save…
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The Swiss: Neutral but Prepared
I’ve said before that the Swiss may be neutral, but they are most definitely prepared. For example, all buildings built after 1945 (including our apartment) have nuclear fallout bomb shelters. It really all comes out of their World War II experience. This idea all came together for me during a tour of a glass-blowing factory…
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Proof that my Mother is Always Right
We don’t have a television here. That is something that boggles the mind of several family members and is something my children have put on a list to give to CPS when we’re finally investigated. However, we have a computer and internet and access to YouTube. Via YouTube I have been introduced to a number…
Mindy Carlson 