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the 40s chronicles: what to do when . . .


. . . your younger siblings start getting married and/or having babies and you’re single in your 40ies?? You enjoy it. Because you are happy for them and not a petty problem who makes everything about you.  The end! Lol,... Continue Reading →

randomblings . . .


shark onesie cold It’s cold here in the high mountains of Guatemala. Cold in a wet, everyone around you has a hacking cough kind of way. There are no heaters, so the smell of wood burning is ever-present either for... Continue Reading →

The Meet-Cute in Mexico


that time i possibly had an age-gap romance in chiapas . . .

Mother Nature and a Meet-Cute in Mexico


I can read it for you . . . Chiapas was a dream ever since university as a Latin American Socioeconomic and Politics major at UCSB, with a super hot professor who had strategised alongside Zapatistas and Sandinistas. Can’t remember... Continue Reading →

The Summer of Confirmation


The author's summer was spent nannying her five-month-old niece, Mazie, offering her a chance to embrace the role of "Super Auntie." Despite initial anxieties about caregiving, she found joy in their time together, highlighting that being an aunt fulfilled her emotional needs without the desire for motherhood. She emphasizes that it’s acceptable for women to choose a life without children, advocating for supportive networks and celebrating non-traditional paths.

these are (some more) of my favourite things


Wordle in 3 Getting the purple category in Connections first going on vacation, and you lay out all day at the beach/pool, then go back to the room to take turns showering, and you take naps in fluffy white robes,... Continue Reading →

a few of my very specific favourite things


she woke up like this at 41. life is and has been and will be hard, so in a concentrated effort to sit and soak in the goodness that is being alive, here are a few of my very specific... Continue Reading →

how to celebrate a birthday in your 40ies


....I would always get past those blues, stop playing that dumb game, and I have been known to throw a shenan and then a shenanigan. So here’s my actual advice about how to celebrate your birthday in your forties...

Turning Forty-Fun with a Chicken Heart


A few years ago I started marking each actual year of my life, answering these same set of questions each birthday to help me measure moments. Here are the last 365.25 days: not pictured: the massive cockroach that kept trying... Continue Reading →

There’s a snake (worm) in my boots (toilet)!


we wrote like this. Warning: this story and video are a bit graphic. You need to understand and accept that women poop, even hot, funny ones like me. If you can confidently say “yes” to that statement, congrats! You may... Continue Reading →

Happy SAD! – Singles Awareness Day


a fab girls' night out at a tina turner tribute concert! One of my most favorite blogs to write is the somewhat annual February 14 S.A.D. post - that’s right; Singles Awareness Day. For better or for worse, for most... Continue Reading →

its giving “friends in el salvador”


One thing about expats - we are shameless about pursuing friendships when we intuit it might work out. And nothing forces a friendship to cement or break like traveling together. As the philosophic movie "Anchorman" taught us, 60% of the... Continue Reading →

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