Minnesota – Raised in the Foreign Service

Posted on August 11, 2018August 11, 2018 by raisedintheforeignservice · 3 Comments

And those Midwest flowers…!

From the burgeoning gardens of the Hotel de Ville in Alma, Wisconsin to the splendors of Snooky, Julie and Ruth's flowerbeds along the St. Croix, these images from our mini-Home Leave to Minnesota stay with me.... ...and the flowers along the bridal path at Rog and Julie's wedding said it all!

Posted on August 8, 2018August 8, 2018 by raisedintheforeignservice

Reconnecting With My Ruhts

In South Dakota, where my dad's from, you swim in a crick, you put a ruhf over your head and you set down ruhts. In the Foreign Service, where I'm from, they sent Dad and Mom and Susie and me back to his ruhts every few years to remind us that we were Americans. It…