I had finished up May with a lovely weekend but June began by not feeling so well. Uh oh. By the 2nd I knew I probably had strep. Going to a local clinic, a doc gave me antibiotics and said it was OK to go to work. By that night, I was sick enough to […]
I took the bus by myself for the first time and didn’t even get lost! I would plenty of times later but it was a big victory in the moment. One of the reasons I wanted to move to Jeju was because I was inspired by the mermaids of the island, the haenyeo. They were
May 2020 – Jeju Island. Hot, humid lovely and too damn dusty! Read More »
I took the bus by myself for the first time and didn’t even get lost! I would plenty of times later but it was a big victory in the moment. One of the reasons I wanted to move to Jeju was because I was inspired by the mermaids of the island, the haenyeo. They were
May 2020 – Jeju Island. Hot, humid lovely and too damn dusty! Read More »
Well I made it to S Korea in time for the short spring and cherry blossom season before monsoon season hit. Unfortunately, though, I was only able to see it through the barred windows of my studio. Kel, the hagwon owner’s daughter, was still bringing me food and whatever else I requested. I didn’t fully
Whoo-whoo! I made it to March. Man did it feel like a month of goodbyes right from the start. Before saying farewell to Nor Cal, I ran down the list of “before I leave” and “things that I haven’t done yet” starting with Rupert’s Donner Pass-themed party. Great fun though a bit odd in that
There had been a peace in his finally attacking me. Two decades later, I could stop being scared. He was finally going to kill me which meant that it was finally going to be over. Finally. Well, to my surprise he didn’t. Instead it just got worse. Let’s take a few steps back… I told
Want to help support the cause? Donate here! One month in my Nor Cal home and it was already time to turn around and head back to the one in So Cal. That wasn’t going to happen, though, without one more misty-eyed hike in those beloved mountains, eating a yummy vegan polenta at Cafe
Want to help support the cause? Donate here! Then there was Crashe’s 40th birthday. Oh lordy. With mine having just been on the 8th and her ex’s in Feb as well, we ended up being birthday backup dancers also with undertones of it being my last hurrah before a year abroad. Well, for what was
Crashe’s 40th – Riding until the wheels fall off. Read More »
Want to help support the cause? Donate here! I couldn’t tell you what happened on the 1st. I was probably a sleep-deprived zombie driving other folks around on what I liked to call its own holiday at the National New Years Hangover Day. Who really knows. On the 2nd though, oh man, I slept until
Want to help support the cause? Donate here! I’d had a rough time with my birthday for as long as I could remember. Kind of like how the holidays hurt once having lost someone. I had always fought to make it princess special but the older I got, the more that was because it was