My sister and I recently returned from Greece. It was a dream trip, as perfect as it can get. In Athens, we stayed close to the Acropolis. Our hotel room balcony had a view of it. The first afternoon we hiked up to the base and wandered around. We learned about slippery marble, and sawContinue reading “The Perfect Vacation (Lighter Vacation Post aka The Fun Stuff)”
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What I Learned While Traveling During COVID (The more serious vacation post)
My sister and I recently returned from a dream vacation in Greece. There is so much to say about the experience, I am going to tackle it in two parts. This one deals with my thoughts on traveling as an American and a comparison to what I experienced in another country during the pandemic. *(IfContinue reading “What I Learned While Traveling During COVID (The more serious vacation post)”
A Gift of Adventure
My sister is a saint. Not technically, but she should be. Not only did she put up with a brat of a sister, nine years her junior (me), but she raised two amazing kids, got her Masters in Education, and then started a charity,. I hope to achieve half as much as she has whenContinue reading “A Gift of Adventure”
Happy Mother’s Day
As we collectively celebrate mothers on this random Sunday in May, I always think about my mom, and the complicated knot of emotions tied around my memories of her. She once told me. “I love you because your my daughter, but I don’t particularly like you.” And I’m sure at the time I deserved it,Continue reading “Happy Mother’s Day”
What it all comes down to
I started this post as a reaction to watching ALLEN v. FARROW, a documentary series on HBO. It affected me deeply on both a personal and social level. I watched it, then stepped back to corral my emotions and thoughts into something coherent. And what I have found is for me this goes so farContinue reading “What it all comes down to”
Thoughts on a Little Novel Virus
It’s allergy season again. For me, this means sneezing and wheezing as the weather chills and the leaf mold rejoices. Happens every year in varying degrees. I take my allergy medications and use my inhaler and after a few weeks, I am back to normal. This year is not normal. Why? Let’s go back aContinue reading “Thoughts on a Little Novel Virus”
Musings on Fear
With all of the unrest these days I will admit, I have been anxious. It is an insidious stress that has me creeping through my days plagued by borderline depression. It makes it hard to be creative, hard to get motivated to do the chores I can with a broken hand. I have too muchContinue reading “Musings on Fear”
Falling in Love
I have always considered myself a fantasy person. I read the entire Wheel of Time series (fourteen books and a prequel). I read Game of Thrones when it first came out. Shannara? Valdemar? Middle Earth? Earthsea? Been there done that. My fantasy street geek cred is pretty deep. I have Lord of the Rings andContinue reading “Falling in Love”
These Days
Still caught in the tremors of the collective angst, it’s been a rough few days. Disrupted sleep patterns and heat with high humidity do not a happy person make. Add in three days of stacking hay, and I am one tired puppy. Finally, we are due for some thunderstorms and much needed rain. Yay! AContinue reading “These Days”
The Collective Subconscious Malaise
I woke up this morning simply unmotivated and lethargic, not due to anything physical. Slept a wonderful eight hours. It is a sublimely beautiful day. And yet. Here I am, sipping a cup of tea wondering why I feel so…defeated. I crave a day alone. As an introvert (who can subsist for days without humanContinue reading “The Collective Subconscious Malaise”
Nancie Abuhaidar 