Many of the things that I did in the Naughts Decade. I probably left out a bunch, but anyway.
Many of the things that I did in the Naughts Decade. I probably left out a bunch, but anyway.
Thank you, Kiri! Another fabulous and thoughtful piece. I know exactly what you mean: When I was in college I had a severe allergic reaction to antibiotics that completely destroyed my system. It was years before I recovered fully, but in that first year of healing I was a 5'9" woman weighing 105-110 lbs. All my ...
When I was a single twenty-something living in Spain it upset me to no end how difficult it was to make and integrate with a group of Spanish locals. I couldn't understand why locals wouldn't want to make a foreign friend and learn about someone's ...
Life as an expat can be trying, in spite of its seeming glamourousness. One of the most difficult things I've noticed across the board is how hard it is to integrate with the locals of pretty much anywhere. What you find out is that especially in a place like Prague, ...
A surefire way to alienate good folks and lose friends is by being fake. Fake people are the worst. To clarify, being fake is very different from being polite or professional. Being fake is pretending to be friends with people you can't stand and not ...
Written on the tapestry of your kindness:There is a God-like qualityto your infiniteand loving patience.Where you brand everything with tender care:October 20, 2008 and alwaysPragueI am the most happy that it is you who will always be by my side.
The year 2008, and so far six months living in Prague. Today is the first day the Sun has broken through the cloud cover and pierced the shield of this vampire city. I haven't written for ages, and I think it was because my last blog incarnation of The TripWire went stale and my ...
She called me domesticated and it stung even though I knew it was said only with admiration. Even knowing that, it was as if the wound of my wild woman self had only partially closed and her words were salt. I forced myself to ask, "Have I been domesticated?" Are all the years of ...
packers came today and put all of the possessions my family will keep into a container, soon to brave the wild tsunami-threatened oceans for sri lanka. moving day is always strange for me. i realised today that i have more attachment to the things that make up our home than the home itself. a ...
written on a postcard of the Alhambra lit up at night looking like a magic fairylandon the blank space that sparkles:i can't wait to feel your arms around mesurrounding me like your love that i feel from here.where the stamp could go it says instead:thoiry, france
written on a postcard of the newest superhero named Supermom that has a striking resemblance to you, curly hair and allon the blank space:your comforting love reaches me across the oceanwhere a stamp could go i write:thoiry, francemay 6, 2006i am overjoyed to have you ...
May 06, 2006local british election results came through today with a disturbing turn towards conservatism once again. portugal recently elected an ultra-conservative president. switzerland has the most conservative government it has had in 20 years, along with france. spain currently has a socialist government, but with two simultaneous separatist movements in ...
written on a postcard of an aerial view of granada and the alhambra, where you can see the bridge where we got marriedon the blank space:there's no place like homethere's no place like homethere's no place like homewhere the stamp would go it says:thoiry, france
written on the last pages of a blue and white covered journal made of recycled paper from india, with a free tibet sticker on the front.the last two pages are blank for some reason and i write:there is something to be said for keeping the past in the past
written on a birthday card instead of a postcard that is the portrait of us as two halves of a spiral hearton the back where there is no inscription as of yet:may this birthday bring all the joy you have dreamed and more to your soul's doorstep. you are in ...
Angelina, Brad: I *Heart* You
This photo makes me love Brad and Angelina even more! I mean, how many other stars would smile so graciously and lovingly, allowing a fan to photograph them in public? Very, very few. I have so much admiration for these two and the work they do in ...
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