Category: LifeBeginsAt40
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Head Over Heels for the CMO
I’ve been under the weather just a bit these last three days with some sort of mild stomach issue. It has made me a little weak, a little stomach pain, minor stuff, but I’m not myself and not able to wander all around the jungle and the beach like I usually do. It could be…
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All That Plus a Bag of Chips
When I was traveling this past October with Anna, my friend from London who I met in Belize, we ate many of our meals together. In my opinion we had some of our best talks over these meals, and even though we only knew each other for two weeks before embarking on the trip, we…
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The Blue Cheese Incident
aka Blue Cheese and Gold Swimwear There is a rainy season in all of Central America but the skies will open up and flood you at any moment, even if the weather forecast says it’s sunny out. We went through such an intense rainy period in Caye Caulker I wasn’t sure it would ever stop.…
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Public Transportation & Prophylactics
As usual, there were completely different thoughts flowing on the page. I have since gotten distracted by a memory from last month that I found highly amusing but haven’t shared. If I didn’t talk to strangers I’d miss out on half of my content, possibly more, and this is no exception. When it became clear…
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Love Bites..& Stings
I learned a new sentence in Spanish last week: “Me picó una abeja en la planta del pie.” I’m expanding my limited intermediate Spanish fluency one sentence at a time (remember the doorknob and pliers conversations?), a fluency level I now call, “element-ermediate.” New word, made it up. Why not? Some moments I really know…
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Everywhere and Nowhere
“You are only free when you realize you belong no place – you belong every place – no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great.” Maya Angelou I did not wish upon a star last week, I wished upon the full moon and a tree of monkeys. A few days ago…
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Full Moon & the Fruit Basket
I tricked myself into thinking that walking the beach in midmorning during the full moon would be safe. Spoiler alert: it was safe in a manner of speaking. I am fine, no scratches on my body, just in my mind. No biggie, we will add it to the others. After 15 years spent working the…
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Red Plate Hostess & Duolingo Dirty Hippie
I’ve really settled into this tropical Caribbean-style life. I describe all of us locals as “dirty hippies.” We all walk around with unintentional beach waves in our hair, a golden sheen to our tans, no matter the shade of skin and this faraway look in our eyes. For me that look represents the magic of…
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Leprechauns, Rastafarians, and Green Fairies, Oh My!
In my experience we are drawn to certain styles, foods, types of people, belief systems and even colors, at various stages of our lives. My favorite colors over the course of almost 30 years went from red to periwinkle blue to gray and now to green. Interestingly, I had recently been very happy wearing shades…
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Cougar Mom & Cat Cards
It’s about that time of year, where your favorite cougar starts another trip around the sun. Before that happens – around 03:30 am, Sunday – I want to take a moment and express gratitude for the woman who made it possible, and sacrificed more than any of us will truly ever know, to bring the…
Pixie in Paradise 