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The Ocean, Oh The Ocean

By on June 29, 2024

The Beach. Oh, the beach. 

You can’t be a kid and love it, not if you grew up in Florida and got sunburns or accidentally wore tennis shoes to the beach and couldn’t leave when you wanted. 

But I’m 38 now and I understand the spiritual overwhelm that you feel when…


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Guatemala, Mi Amor (Day Two): Knocking on the Door

By on March 31, 2024

I hadn’t made it to my house when I saw a familiar face on the corner. She was holding a young hand, the eldest of Doña Cecilia and I couldn’t remember the father’s name. 

“Y mi wachajil?” I shouted (and my husband?) “Ya se casó. Y busca amante!” (He’s married now. And…


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Guatemala, Mi Amor: Day One, Phoenix to Mexico to Guate to Mayan Punishment

By on March 24, 2024

After much separation anxiety, I decided to leave my computer in my small apartment in Phoenix. For lack of a better term, I call Phoenix home. 

As a woman living alone, and just becoming more aware of her addiction to devices, I am in a long-term relationship with my computer….

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Ketchikan, Alaska

All you have to do to sell all of your things and move across the world is to do it.