Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

  • Happiness is the waking of the dawnwhen the birds sing their songto catch their bugs and worms, when the air is fresh and there are no termswhen it’s quiet before human activity beginsto overwhelm and override their sins. Happiness is that feeling of familiarityseeing the world with comfortable clarity,knowing what’s around the bendand hoping the peace never ends. Happiness today is the sense of release,the built up stress can temporarily cease! Happiness today…

  • As I mentioned in my last post, we took a road trip to break up our drive back from Paris in June. Since I really haven’t seen much of France, it was the perfect chance to stop into, drive through, and explore just a few of the many amazing small villages and lesser known cities on the eastern part of the country. My favorite stop was Dijon. It was a college town, which…

  • Well, it’s been a hot minute since I last updated on our status between France and Italy. My last post on this left us with an upcoming trip to Paris to sort out what we thought was going to be an easy and straightforward application for a Type D (multiple entry) visa. So, here’s an update. The Type D Visa Application – Round 1 So, June 10th came. We decided to do a…

  • One of the images that I have always had of the Provence area has been of lavender. Somehow, though, I had completely forgotten about the season and so when my social media started showing pics from others of their forays into the fields to get that quintessential shot, I determined we needed to make a visit to try our hand at our own picturesque moments. Apparently, there are two types of lavender and…

  • One of the things that always made me look forward to aging is that I would be able to openly talk about a number of topics that most consider to be off-limits or somewhat taboo. For me, I always saw the benefit of being “old” as no longer needing to care so much about what might offend, embarrass, or put off someone, because the fact that we have had more experiences and longevity…

  • Communication is the thread that connects all of us together. It is when we cut the lines or allow them to get tangled up that almost every problem arises. These days, I am one hundred percent convinced that too much is shared with the general public. We have confused the concept of “open communication” with “transparency”. The truth is that no one really wants transparency as a two-way street ↔️. If we did,…

  • With the average lifespan of a woman being about 81.1 years according to 2020 stats, I’m more than halfway through my walk on earth. However, I consider myself good to at least 90 or so; therefore, I shall call this year mid-life. There’s no crisis in thought like there was around my 40th when M mentioned that I had another 40 years to go. The past five years have given me perspective with…

  • Below is a piece that I wrote in a short three-week “Adoption Writing Experience” class that I have been taking. Today is sadly the last of the series, but it has made me fall in love with writing again. So, thank you, 🙏🏽AP! 💞 “Within two days on my own, I feel as if I’ve let out my breath from holding it for the past 16 months. My husband is lovely. He’s a…

  • Yes, pictures are coming, but saving that post for when I have fewer words to share. 😅 M went on a trip for mostly business, but a little pleasure (for both of us) this week. He left on Tuesday afternoon and returns on Saturday evening. His original plans were to combine a stop in Spain and Brussels, but the Spain portion got moved, so rather than cancel or limit the Brussels portion, he…

  • Bonjour from France again! 🇫🇷 So… the Universe heard my pangs of frustration and loneliness by providing us with our plan of action for Phase II Part 1 and 2. Part 1 Recap I already covered most of Part 1 in the previous post. We ate as a coping mechanism, but thankfully it was only one real meal a day in early afternoon applying daily intermittent fasting so that our bodies could use…

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