on the edge of ordinary

There were two Australians and an American at a missionary conference in Japan. The American had been in Japan many less years than either A...

This is a map on a wall at school. Marked are all the places that the seniors who graduated from the Christian Academy in Japan in June pla...

Our youngest son came home with all these awards yesterday (they were given in class and parents weren't invited). Looking them over i...

On Saturday after the cross-country finals we had lunch in the restaurant on the US recreation "base". An American restaurant with...

I hear it time and time again— starting  at CAJ is a culture shock for those who've not experienced an American school system. Even for ...

Recipe 1: American biscuit Recipe 2: Australian scone Most guessed right. The chief difference (aside from the ratio of baking powder to...

This was on the wall in my toilet cubicle at Costco this morning. In the company of north Americans I've grown accustomed to calling th...

David and I have just been talking about how little Australians seem to know about "international" schools. We're guessing it ...

Interesting day so far today. CAJ community I started with a prayer meeting I have been attending regularly over the last four years and ...

Yesterday Matsu  arrived. Matsu is the name of CAJ's yearbook. The first time I saw one of these I was shocked at its amazing quality. I...

I posted this on my Facebook status one day last month, I ended up with a lot of comments from various parts of the globe: Another subtle ...

Sometimes I end up in conversations about what it's like to have Australian kids in an American school. One thing that's come up has...

We've entered the world of American high school sport. That includes the most important words of Varsity and JV or Junior Varsity. Var...

CAJ's Graduation is one of the times of year when I'm most reminded of how cross-cultural our lives are. Sometimes, because we work ...

Many years ago an older friend with three children, who had five siblings, some of whom were single, told us it was a challenge to cope with...

In the area we come from, these people are wearing "togs". What do you call them? This morning I stumbled upon an old blog pos...

On Monday I went to a Transitions presentation at school. Our eldest is about to transition out of middle school and into high school! Tro...

I started this yesterday afternoon: Last night at 9.30 our eldest came home from his 40 hr class trip to Kyoto. In under 24 hours David wi...

I saw this video yesterday and was shocked. It shows 10 young Americans on a beach answer questions about Japan. Their ignorance is cringe-w...