Author: Tara
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Mongolia July 2019
It had been a while since Mom and I had taken a mother-daughter trip, so with life starting to return to normal, we made plans to reinstate them. With lots of options, we decided on Mongolia. Many people gave us quizzical looks respectively whenever we mentioned where we were going as it is not a…
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Edogawa Fireworks August 2019
Having weekends to myself has been the most challenging in terms of how to pass the time enjoyably, but also meaningfully for me. I have loved fireworks since I was little, but in the US we can only enjoy them once a year really. However, it was always my favorite part of the 4th of…
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Detoxing
While some people choose to go into a sauna to sweat out 😥 the toxins in their body, the summers in Japan 🇯🇵 work just about the same when you step out the door. 🏝 The weather has drastically changed from rainy season ☔️ to sweaty season 😓. Although I don’t feel that it is…
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Upcoming Semi-Silent Retreat – at home
Although I am due to post some full write-ups of my trip to Mongolia with my mother, I thought that I would post at least something just to get myself back into the swing of things. Time goes so quickly that I was shocked 🙀 and dramatically dismayed 😫 to see that my last post…
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The Nature Around
The summer has started off slowly this year, for which I am extremely grateful. The humidity has brought about some interesting skin conditions (I’ll spare the details), but the nice thing is that the nature around us could be enjoyed more. I love the sunny days and try to take advantage when I can. These…
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Another Year
Tomorrow marks my 43rd birthday. In Korea, I guess I would be 44 as they count the nine months of gestation as the first year of life. I generally don’t enjoy celebrating or making a big fuss of my birthday (except for the big ones), but I never say no to a good party. 😉…
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The Neutral Zone
I feel anxious. I feel happy. I feel old. I feel in love. I feel tired. I feel loved. I feel alone. I feel content. I feel stressed. I feel vibrant. I feel worried. I feel joyful. I feel bored. I feel peaceful. How can I feel all these things at once? The minimizing answer…
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_Stay Sexy and Don’t Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide_ by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
_Stay Sexy and Don’t Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide_ by Karen Kilgariff & Georgia Hardstark So about two years ago, I posted about the podcast My Favorite Murder with these two ladies. In the three years’ time that they have been entertaining me (and many others), they have enjoyed a successful growth with live…
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Higher Vibrations
Although there were many interesting points that I gleaned from listening to Stay Sexy and Don’t Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide, one of the most salient ones that has stayed with me is about low and high vibrations. Karen Kilgariff tells an anecdote about when she was catching up with her friend whom she…
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Reheating My Tea
Although I’m not a sharer of quotes nor do I like to speak in quotes as I’ve written before, I do have some favorite ones to give me perspective on life. One of my favorites is by Marcus Aurelius in his Meditations. Is your cucumber bitter? Throw it away. My modern interpretation of this is…
