by Deborah Quinn | Jan 8, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, family, Kids, Monday Listicle, NYC
I took a little internet break over the winter holidays, or tried to, anyway (I can’t ignore twitter, what can I say) but now I’m back in Abu Dhabi, back in the interwebs, wondering what to write. I mean, it’s seven days into January. I don’t...
by Deborah Quinn | Dec 12, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, food, Monday Listicle, UAE
Mid-December and the madness is upon us: students trapped in end-of-semester zombie-state, with circles under their eyes down to their jawlines; piles of (as yet ungraded) papers; emails from Grandma asking what the boys want for Christmas presents; a round of holiday...
by Deborah Quinn | Nov 19, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, Monday Listicle, writing
Stasha’s listicle today, with a suggestion from Kerstin at Auer Life: ten things we learned in 2012. I’d like to go on record as saying it’s still a little soon to be making lists about the entirety of 2012. I mean, in the next six weeks, before 2013...
by Deborah Quinn | Nov 12, 2012 | family, Kids, Monday Listicle, Parenting, pop culture
Stasha’s list this week reminds us that A) It’s the 50th anniversary of James Bond; and B) in the United States on Monday it was Veteran’s Day. I’ll remind you that in the UK (and Canada and maybe also Australia) it’s “Remembrance...
by Deborah Quinn | Oct 3, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, expat, Monday Listicle, NYC, UAE
Ah, fall…the days when the sun is warm but the air is crisp, the farmer’s market fills with apples of every conceivable description, and sweaters are retrieved from the bottom drawer. In New York, in particular, the fall is fantastic – the stinky...
by Deborah Quinn | Sep 25, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, family, Monday Listicle, What's It Like?
I have dropped my anti-writing voices in a jar and shoved them in a neighbor’s closet (thanks, Bahareh!) but I can still hear their mewling in my head, getting in the way of words on the page screen. But what could be a better way to break through...
