I'll have the usual
I'm excited, because I noticed that our daily routine has shifted from vacation-like to routine. We have found our favorite place to buy...
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- Sep 13, 2018
- 3 min
Victors Valiant
C arrived back in Valencia last Monday night. It was a long 3 weeks while he was back in the US, but we knew that this was part of the...
- Aug 28, 2018
- 2 min
The Last Wednesday of August
Tomorrow is a day that may go down in the family history as the greatest day ever. Spain, and in particular Valencia, is known for its...
- Aug 20, 2018
- 3 min
Foreign and familiar
We've had a busy few weeks here full of adventures. Firstly, #1 has visited and already returned to Israel. We had a nice visit, but it...
- May 7, 2018
- 4 min
Me-ah-Me
The first time I traveled internationally, I traveled to France. This was in 1985, right after high school graduation, and I learned that...
- Apr 30, 2018
- 2 min
On the cusp of homelessness...
There are a few things that I've found during the Great Purge of 2018 and one of them was my library card. I've belonged to the...
- Apr 24, 2018
- 2 min
Good buy & goodbye
Saying goodbye can be challenging for me, especially when I know that it is a final goodbye. I will not gloss over the fact that--though...
- Apr 10, 2018
- 1 min
When words fail
“Photography is the story I fail to put into words.” — Destin Sparks For the next few days, I will likely be putting up few worded blog...
- Apr 3, 2018
- 2 min
Stuff & stuff
C and I will be celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary towards the end of the month, and for the majority of those years, we have been...
- Feb 26, 2018
- 2 min
Make this place your home
Today we hit two big milestones in the process of getting ourselves over to Spain: we had photographs taken of our home for the real...
- Feb 19, 2018
- 2 min
Home?
It's been a whirlwind the past few days and I'm back in Atlanta. My Mom and I had a great time eating our way through Valencia, though...
- Feb 12, 2018
- 3 min
Love & laughter
It's only been a weekend, and so much has changed. Most exciting and important, my Mom is now here. She came out on Saturday and I've...
- Feb 8, 2018
- 2 min
Who do you think you're fooling
The day before I left for Spain, as I was packing, I listened to a webinar about accents and sounding like a local, wherever that may be....
- Feb 7, 2018
- 2 min
Creating a life
The last few days have been chock full of things outside of my Spanish classes. Yesterday was a trip to one of the schools that we are...
- Jan 31, 2018
- 3 min
One step closer
Thank you for your kind words and thoughts yesterday--it was a rough one. I realize that this is going to be something that we must get...
- Jan 29, 2018
- 2 min
Almost missed connections
Saturday was a relaxed day. I had been out the night before and wasn't interested in doing much, but C called and asked me to checkout a...
- Jan 26, 2018
- 3 min
Exploration: the new frontier
One of the things that I'm most enjoying about this adventure, is the excitement of discovery. I don't know about you, but I've been in a...
- Jan 24, 2018
- 2 min
You say patata, I say potato
When I set out to learn Spanish, little did I know that this was going to be a political issue. I'm just learning Spanish, right? What...
- Jan 22, 2018
- 3 min
Raindrops from your eyes
Today is a holiday in Valencia though I'm not entirely sure for which Saint. It is not a national holiday, just a holiday for those in...
- Jan 5, 2018
- 2 min
Bearing gifts
I didn't grow up celebrating Christmas and to-date I never have. I remember being confused as a child about how Santa Claus fit into the...
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