It’s interesting sometimes, to think about all the influences, large and small, that have contributed to the people we’ve become. Whether we grow up among those who are like us, or always feeling like the outsider, we feel their…
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Mr. F and I have been doing a lot of breaking it down lately. No, that isn’t some sort of euphemism and no, I don’t mean breakdancing. We’ve been apartment hunting in Marin County, where we’ve just landed for…
I find it amazing to experience a place through different days, different seasons. As Mr. F and I travel, such encounters are a rare treat, for we are usually only in the same spot for a season. But as…
In just 48 hours, Mr. F and I will exchange one temporal locale for another. We’ll drive a few hours down the Coast to spend the next three months in Marin County, just north of San Francisco. Each one…
I have a bit of a tendency to get caught up in details. I’m detail oriented, which can be a big plus in some ways, but it does tend to make me a bit of a can’t-see-the-forest-for-the-trees- type sometimes.…
For most of my life I’ve lived surrounded by friends and family, so being without a home never seemed like a very real possibility to me. As Mr. F and I travel, we do occasionally find ourselves “between homes”…
I love a good story. Be it novel, film, or just an anecdote, I can’t get enough. Mr. F is a marvelous storyteller, far better than I’ll ever be. He has more stories than the Grimm brothers. While abstract…
It might surprise you to know that Mr. F and I are kind of homebodies. At night, any way. We get out during the day, hiking, adventuring around each new town we find ourselves in, but we often like…
Although most of us aren’t required to wear them, many of us hide behind them. I’m talking about veils. They are often present even when we aren’t aware of them. We use our veils to hide our authentic selves–…
We live in a world in which everyone seems to be competing for attention. So many are shouting look at me, look at me! And it is often the shouters that get the attention, because well, our attention is…