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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 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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