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Posted onApril 21, 2023April 21, 2023Adventure

The Myth of Meaning, and the Gift of Wonder

A visit to the Pacific Coast and the Redwood Forest left me with a sense of wonder and the inevitable acceptance of what Albert Camus was trying to say.

We are here. And that is all. Choose wonder over meaning.

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Posted onOctober 27, 2022April 21, 2023Immigrant culture

The Ten-Headed Ravana of Halloween

Every year, at the confluence of Halloween and Diwali, I chuckle. I set out my witch and my diyas, my purple spotlight and misting cauldron…

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Posted onAugust 16, 2022August 16, 2022Adventure

Trail Ridge Road- Highway to the Sky

I had been told by many a Colorado aficionado not to miss driving the Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park; the road that…

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Posted onMay 16, 2022May 16, 2022Immigrant culture

No Way Back

In the silence of the moon, and the twinkling of the stars, I find solace when the world is being erratic again. They are the…

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Posted onMay 5, 2022May 5, 2022Gardening

The Dying Tree

In the left corner of my garden stands a young red oak tree. It was a small thing when we moved in three years ago. …

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Posted onApril 23, 2022April 24, 2022Gardening

An Unexpected Urban Delight

Downtown Dallas. Not a place you normally go nature-spotting. And yet, sitting outside this old building with nothing but a green hedge around its perimeter…

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Posted onApril 16, 2022April 18, 2023Lifestyle

The Tale of the Disappearing Checkbook

An excerpt from Real Housewives that’s Not a Show I sift through every drawer in my kitchen -again- looking for my checkbook. The lawn service…

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Posted onApril 10, 2022April 10, 2022Food

No Identity? Time for Starbucks!

Tall, decaf, no sugar, Pike’s Place with extra milk. The overpriced, heavily chemicalized, yet aesthetically sold coffee that lends an identity to the blandest of…

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Posted onApril 2, 2022April 2, 2022Gardening

Can’t Live in the Jungle? Create Your Own Inside!

“Create a life you no longer need a vacation from”, they say. So I’m trying. I want a life in the jungle, surrounded by flora…

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Posted onMarch 26, 2022March 26, 2022Nature

The Hidden Treasures of Solo Travel

“Never travel with someone you don’t love”, said Hemmingway. And since all those I love were either busy, sick or uninterested, I went with the…

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