After a pretty good night’s sleep in the sleeper car, we had breakfast in the dining car while the train trundled through Indiana. Indiana in the early morning struck us as foggy and flat.

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Grand-mère treated us to an adventure this spring: an overnight train on the sleeper car from DC to Chicago (and eventually to Champaign, IL for a family reunion.) First leg: train to DC and an afternoon on the Mall and Smithsonian.

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Our Stella Cherry tree is starting to bloom!

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A few days ago Sam started calling the new kitten in town Stormy, but today he appeared in our yard bearing a collar with the name “Shakim.” He’ll always be Stormy to us. The bruiser next to him in the tulip bed is Brother, another of Sam’s beloved neighborhood cats, also named by her.

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A local church group of Kenyan teenagers came and joined our family soccer night with Westcity Soccer. If we play with them again, I am hoping to pick up some Swahili. I especially need to learn how to say, “I’m open– pass me the ball!” They were pretty wary of passing to the slow, middle-aged lady on the field. With …

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