Author: James MacDonald
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Flying Home
This morning we drove Kirsten to the airport, it is her 13th birthday. She is taking a direct flight from Dubai to Seattle. It was difficult to say goodbye. She’ll be in Quesnel with family for the next 58 days. Flying is, of course, always exciting and generally memorable. For some unknown reason I think…
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Time well spent
I took the week off of work but made no definitive plans. In thinking about how I wanted to spend the week it came to me that I should spend some one on one time with my kids. It was Lilli’s tenth birthday on the 27th and I’ve been repeatedly stunned with how fast that…
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Adventures of a different sort
Our typical sort This last Saturday we set out on our latest adventure. Our friends the Andersons, Palmers and Queros joined us on a dhow cruise along the northeast coast of Oman, Musandam. A dhow is a “A lateen-rigged ship with one or two masts, used in the Indian Ocean” though ours was powered by motor not…
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Mortality and Wadi Adventure Race 3
I’ve just spent several hours piecing together a short video of the race i participated in on the weekend. The hardest part… picking an appropriate sound track. In the end I think the choice was appropriate but feel free to judge me. Having spent all that time on the movie I really don’t feel like…
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Return to Oman
I love Oman. What a beautiful country both for its geography and its people. In many ways it feels like you are stepping back in time as you cross the border from the UAE to Oman. Muscat I have heard described as the anti-Dubai. Though a city of several hundred thousand no skyscrapers mark the…
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Wadi Shawka
I mentioned in my last post that we spent some time recently at Wadi Shawka. I’m not sure exactly how to spell it because I’ve seen it spelled multiple ways including several different variations on signs in the village by that name you pass through to get into the Wadi. The best Wadis all seem to…
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Repent, Forgive & Enjoy
It has been a few event filled weeks since I last wrote. They have included a couple trips out to a local Wadi and the dedication of the first purpose built LDS chapel in the Middle East. I want to begin my post with a few words about that dedication and the visit of Elder…
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A first night apart
Yesterday after church about 25 men and a few young men rode off into the desert for a guys night of desert camping. What happens when you send a bunch of men into the wilderness who are eager to recapture some of their youth and a few boys eager to be men? Well, potentially a…
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Scary Possibilities
All week I’ve been thinking about what it is I want for my children. What would I need as a parent to feel successful? More importantly what do they need as children to be “successful” as adults?” In the midst of my pondering we had a small scare that really got me thinking. On Tuesday…
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Health and Happiness
This will be the first post written on our… wait, I mean my new 27 inch iMac (I really must think more selfishly). The computer is beautiful. I can’t afford a BMW but I can eek out the cost of one of these. I ordered it December 11th and it arrived yesterday. It was a long wait.…
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