Tips and resources for translators and interpreters. A few days before Christmas I got a thick, imposing envelope in the mail from the Washington State Department of Revenue. What have I gotten myself into? People actually make a living doing this? From then on things kind of snowballed. I soaked it all in.

Friday, December 19, 2014. But I did want to say something about the time beforehand. Nativity scenes, which they call belenes in Spanish, are in most homes, and are not only the little things that you find in the US, although those do exist, they also include whole villages.

After a nice Christmas day with David and Helen, and with Cynthia and Nathanael Sleight, we had a Gerig reunion. Eating Gerig food was a real treat. She just never stopped smiling, with all her siblings in the room with her at once. We, the younger generation, also enjoyed reconnecting, for sure! December 8, 2016.