Morjes!

Welcome to my blog. I write about fitting in, sticking out, and missing the motherland as a serial foreigner.

April 1st, outsourced

This photo of an angry mom on Splash Mountain cracks me up.

The real reason college tuition costs so much.

Women leaving tactfully in Western art history.

(Idaho) Baby names 2015!!!!!!!! One of my favorite posts of the whole year.

I laughed so hard at this list of language brain farts. Magdalena's brain works like that sometimes, and it has given us such gems as "musical sits" (musical chairs), "washing bus" (street sweeper), "nickles" (freckles), "candle" (Kindle), "knocker" (hammer), "maymerd" (mermaid), "snowman from the river" (Man From Snowy River), and "oneth" (first). And lots more. She is a treasure.

More alarming news about migrant workers in Qatar ahead of the World Cup.

I saw one of those stupid clickbait things on facebook and thought for sure it was some lame story that had been hokied up...but it turns out an Indian flight attendant really did die while helping others survive an airplane hijacking.

Palmyra, Syria before and after ISIS. Heartbreaking.

Päiväkoti notes

A carless winter in Finland