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...
by Deborah Quinn | Oct 8, 2011 | Abu Dhabi, Children, legos, moving, shopping
We left New York in July with 12–TWELVE–suitcases in tow. For a variety of reasons we decided not to ship any personal items and instead we took full advantage of our business class tickets, which allowed us each 3 checked bags, at 26 kilos each. If...
by Deborah Quinn | Oct 2, 2011 | Abu Dhabi, expat, Politics, UAE
I’m anxious today. Well, actually, I’m anxious a lot of the time, in a kind of anticipatory free-floating sort of way–I like to have a sort of stockpile of anxiety on hand, ready to whip out at the slightest provocation, but this morning, my anxiety...
by Deborah Quinn | Mar 2, 2011 | Books, family, NaBloPoMo, Parenting
Today is Dr. Seuss’s birthday. It’s also Lou Reed’s birthday. And, for that matter, Tom Wolfe’s birthday. (Thanks, Grace, for that last). Somehow these guys all go together, don’t they? Word play, refusing to play by the rules, the...
