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And now for a medical interlude.
Just so you know, any products I'm recommending are ones I genuinely use and wholeheartedly recommend. 😊 If you decide to click on any...
Oct 23, 20234 min read


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...
Oct 2, 20184 min read


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...
Sep 13, 20183 min read


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 28, 20182 min read


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...
Aug 20, 20183 min read


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...
May 7, 20184 min read


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 30, 20182 min read


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 24, 20182 min read


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 10, 20181 min read


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...
Apr 3, 20182 min read


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 26, 20182 min read


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 19, 20182 min read


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 12, 20183 min read


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 8, 20182 min read


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...
Feb 7, 20182 min read


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 31, 20183 min read


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 29, 20182 min read


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 26, 20183 min read


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 24, 20182 min read


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 22, 20183 min read
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