What Just Happened?

I’m taking a memoir writing class. I am so far behind on my homework that I haven’t actually done any. The timing was originally really good for me and then…

Pig Latin Gone Wrong

I have the utmost respect for anyone who speaks more than one language. It is not easy to learn another language. It is so difficult to express yourself adequately, for…

A Quick Love Note to My Friends Who Live Abroad

Breathe, my friends. Breathe. I have been seeing, hearing, feeling, touching a lot of feedback from people returning to “life abroad” this week. And I just want to reach out…

Surprise Totals

It happened in France. And it happened again today. Damn it. It’s funny how the culture you grew up with stays with you, for so long, until it doesn’t. I…

Why I Won’t Be Retiring to France

Ok so I travel a lot. And I have had some really wildly successful trips. Until now. Until I entered French airspace and was disgorged onto the soil of this…