Sally Rose's Blog

As part of my checkered past, I used to live in Louisiana. If you add it all up, I spent about ten years down in Cajun Country. Growing up in Texas, we used to call them crawdads, but I’d never eaten a crawfish until I went to Baton Rouge. You boil them up in Cajun […]

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The Chilean school year will be starting soon, so I’m taking this opportunity to post an excerpt from my memoir, A Million Sticky Kisses. It’s about my first day at school in Santiago, Chile. From A Million Sticky Kisses: “Peter, who had picked me up at the airport, dropped me off at my host’s home […]

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When I was a child, I had a little jewelry box. It had a wind-up music box in it. When you wound the key and then opened the box, a plastic ballerina danced around in a circle and the music box played a waltz entitled “Fascination.” I had no idea of the song lyrics. I […]

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The following is a guest post by author Katharine Grubb. I blame the ice and snow. I blame the post-holiday fog that is still lingering in the corner around those Christmas cards I still have hanging on the mantel. I blame the insatiable desire for all things flavored egg nog and peppermint. I think we […]

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Recently, I saw an old friend for the first time in many years. I don’t know when our next visit will be, so before we parted, I made sure to give him a good, long hug. Have you been hugged lately? A quick touch and go? Most hugs are like that. A fast embrace, an […]

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Last spring, there was to be a ban on using laptops and tablets on flights to the US from 56 routes. I heard many laments and questions about how to pass the time on long flights. In a online group, I saw the question posed, “What do I do with my 4-year old on our […]

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When is lunch not just lunch? When you’re in Chile, of course. The custom here is to eat an enormous lunch. And if you’ve been invited to someone’s home, it’s never just lunch. There is always sobremesa, after-meal table chat, which can last until once, evening tea-time, when you’ll be expected to eat again. For […]

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Ever since I read Gretchen Rubin’s best-selling book, The Happiness Project, I’ve been thinking about organizing a “happiness” study group. New year, new goals, new beginnings. Why not now? So many people are seeking it. Why is happiness so elusive? I have a theory that we’re pursuing something that isn’t actually what we want. Happiness […]

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The new year is upon us, only a few hours away as I write this. I heard a story today that I want to share. The story is about a six-year old named Jenny. Jenny and her mother were at the store, waiting in the check out line, when Jenny spied a shiny pink box […]

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In Chile, Christmas Eve is known as Noche Buena. This is the night that Christmas is celebrated with family, usually with a big meal and gifts for the children brought during the night by St. Nick, who is known as Viejito Pascuero. In years past, I’ve had invitations to join Chilean families for dinner. One […]

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