by suelarkinsweems | Oct 12, 2012 | Mumblings and Misadventures
It’s overcast this morning, and the trees are bare, stripped by the salt water rained down by the last typhoon. The clouds precede another storm circling in the Pacific, trying to make up its mind about where it will go. Sitting next to the air conditioning, it almost...
by suelarkinsweems | Oct 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
Eating out is always a…learning experience. After a couple disastrous (and expensive!) meals out as a family, Matt and I decided to meet for lunch at least once a week to scope out places BEFORE we brought any children along. A couple weeks ago, Matt and I went to eat...
by suelarkinsweems | Oct 9, 2012 | On Family
This past Sunday was the Naha Tug of War. Naha is a city just south of our base, and every year in October, they host a huge parade and tug of war with the biggest rope I ever hope to see. The rope is probably three feet high and has several cords that are loosened on...
by suelarkinsweems | Oct 1, 2012 | On Family
We have been doing things besides typhoon preparation. Here is a collection of pictures from our Labor Day trip to Ocean Expo Park and the Churaumi Aquarium. I couldn’t get it to load onto the blog except on youtube- sorry if you have trouble viewing it. I...
by suelarkinsweems | Sep 30, 2012 | The Poetry
Forgive a poem from the past- I wrote this piece after we drove through the wreckage in Joplin after the tornado there. Some of these lines pounded through my head as we drove around this morning viewing storm damage. We made it through the storm fine, if a little...
