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Oct 23, 20234 min read
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 2, 20184 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...


Sep 13, 20183 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...


Aug 28, 20182 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 20, 20183 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...


May 7, 20184 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...


Apr 30, 20182 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 24, 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 10, 20181 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 3, 20182 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...


Feb 26, 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 19, 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 12, 20183 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 8, 20182 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 7, 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...


Jan 31, 20183 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 29, 20182 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 26, 20183 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 24, 20182 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 22, 20183 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...
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