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wendy
Oct 148 min read
Milton
from zoom.earth I’ve has a bit of time to get my thoughts together on Hurricane Milton now that a few days have passed since it made...
wendy
Oct 102 min read
Invisible bits of language
During one of my French lessons awhile back, I learned words related to what I guess I’m going to call “units of food”. One of the funny...
wendy
Sep 251 min read
Sweating the zucchini
No, this isn’t some sort of slang or innuendo, it’s an actual thing that somehow I didn’t know it was a thing until recently. How did I...
wendy
Sep 101 min read
The Courage to Be Disliked
I recently started reading The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness by Ichiro...
wendy
Jun 53 min read
Camino de Santiago: it’s on!
Switching gears a bit from my posts about my May trip to France, this one is about an upcoming trip to do the Camino de Santiago. I...
wendy
Jun 54 min read
Nice and Antibes
This post is a follow up to my France 2024 Edition post, covering my time in Nice and Antibes. My souvenir Phryge on the train After a...
wendy
May 313 min read
Paris and Giverny
This post is a follow up to my France 2024 Edition post, covering my time in Paris and Giverny. I finally got an opportunity to go back...
wendy
May 272 min read
France: 2024 Edition™ 🇫🇷
Back in late 2019, my husband and I optimistically planned a fantastic French vacation – starting in Paris, where I had a work...
wendy
Oct 16, 20232 min read
One Year
Today marks one year since my mom died. In some ways, it feels like it’s been maybe a handful of months but in other ways, it feels like...
wendy
Oct 7, 20232 min read
Considering doing the Camino de Santiago
I have a sabbatical coming up early next year and I’m pondering walking the Camino de Santiago during it. The Camino has been in the...
wendy
Sep 7, 20235 min read
Jimmy
Last week, the world lost one of my favorite musicians, Jimmy Buffett. For some people, his music is an acquired taste but for me, I grew...
wendy
Aug 26, 20231 min read
10 Years at Automattic
Today marks 10 years since I joined my current employer Automattic back in 2013. I suppose it’s fitting that I’m spending the day...
wendy
Feb 28, 20232 min read
Grief
My mom passed away unexpectedly a few months ago and I’m still struggling with the grief process. I know that grief is not a linear...
wendy
Jan 31, 20232 min read
Berlin on New Year’s Eve
My daughter and I took a trip to Berlin at the very end of 2022 into the first week of the year and we had a great time! For once, I was...
wendy
Dec 2, 20222 min read
Avoiding “stuffocation” this holiday season
I’ve had a link to this article, “ Buy less, do more: 5 reasons why experiences make us happier than things” sitting in my post drafts...
wendy
Nov 19, 20221 min read
Alligator sighting
Went to a new local park today and spotted this critter casually sunning itself despite the number of people walking by. I didn’t see any...
wendy
Sep 20, 20221 min read
1000 day streak
A while back, I wrote about a taking French lessons – first as part of some upcoming planned travel to France, then as a pandemic...
wendy
Sep 15, 20221 min read
Obstacles to blogging
Here are some of mine: Fear of criticism Fear of being judged incorrectly Being a person who likes privacy yet posting in a wide open...
wendy
Sep 20, 20203 min read
Living with an invisible chronic disease
I have an autoimmune disease called Hashimoto’s disease – sometimes also called Hashimoto’s thyroiditis or Hashi’s. Or just “the Moto”,...
wendy
Sep 1, 20201 min read
Un nuage de lait
Un nuage de lait. Photo by Burst on Pexels.com Such a lovely and evocative phrase that I learned recently from my French tutor. It means...