Our House Archive

Friday, May 7th, 2010

Quit Barkin’ at that Cat

[watch the volume on this one - it's gonna be loud] I know I owe you the story about the KATUSA snack bar. I’ve been trying to write it for the past 2 days – but the story is rather emotional. I thought writing it out would be cathartic, but apparently my subconscious is not [...]

Saturday, April 17th, 2010

Creatures Great, Small & Stanley

Little One, the custodian’s dog, is out sporting her new Spring-time do. She’s a great girl who continues to run after us & after the car to get treats. And the bees are out buzzing around all the beautiful blossoms. But the newest creature to our little part of Anjung-Ri, is this guy…. Stanley. [he says [...]

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Rent Money

Paying rent in Korea is a little different….ok, a lot different. Korea is a cash environment - I told you that already, right? So what does that mean?… Well, it means you have to pay in Korean won. No checks, no automatic payment set-ups, no military allotments. Cash only…and you wind up counting it over & [...]