Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

  • So, I did it. I submitted an application for a ten-day silent meditation retreat in response to my need and near insanity from being stuck in a small cottage where the walls and doors are more like paper. My introverted self is suffering a bit from the constant sound of my husband’s voice as he works and uses a lot of ‘words’ throughout the day. Even if I put on headphones, I still…

  • It’s the middle of the night. Despite going to bed at my usual time around 9 pm, and shortly falling asleep well before 10 to settle in for my evening slumber, I awoke briefly around 10:30 upon hearing my husband on the phone. It’s not uncommon these days for him to stay up a bit later, or to rise early, for a phone call as his work connects him with people on various…

  • My best laid intentions of writing regularly were thwarted slightly as chaos will always win over even the most orderly of situations. There’s no way to avoid a tornado, you just have to wait for it to pass then pick up the pieces left in its wake. Some might lament at the lack of fairness this presents, or the seemingly pointless effort of trying to maintain order. However, I choose to focus on…

  • It has been ages since I have written about my ‘ups and downs’ as I think that they have been much less extreme since the “new norm” involved being at home more than out. If there ever was a doubt that I am an introvert, I think that the past nine months have wiped away any inkling of that as truth. So, there really haven’t been any ‘downs’ lately. It’s not that I…

  • We had a number of different variation of how my “old man” would ring in the new decade at half a century years old. However, none of those came to fruition thanks to the changes in COVID-19 (shame it was 20, huh?). Even as it was, we were technically in violation of lockdown rules when we snuck over the border to get to Monaco. Since it was a big birthday, we splashed out…

  • Well, well, well, where did the past two months go? In general, not that much has been happening due to lockdown, curfews, and quite a bit of working from home; when I say working…I mostly mean working on The Universal Asian. So, to briefly catch up, here is a brief outline of what we have been doing: freelance work building content for magazine / zoom calls / increasing business aspect exploring different areas…

  • We are in the middle of the fourth week of lockdown 2.0 in France 🇫🇷. Tomorrow, there will be another update from the President (Macron), who is rumored to announce an extension of the period with some exceptions. Some have even suggested that the current state will be enforced until the new year. While our day-to-day lives, especially during the week, have little to no change since we can go out for groceries…

  • You know those days when it seems that no matter what you do, or how perfectly set up you are, you are just not going to get any work done? Today was one of those days. Nothing has gone wrong, but two trips to the car rental agency to try to trade to an automatic and a husband who thrives on chaos which is highly strung today, seems to be just the way…

  • Well, not quite as many books as I read last year (31), but the year is not yet over. I have a feeling that I’ll be getting through a few more by then, but thought that while I was thinking of it, I’d start reflecting back on what I’ve covered so far. All of these titles have contributed to the positive year that I’ve had so far. While many may be looking forward…

  • I don’t normally provide political commentary on social media or public platforms because I know how divisive such topics can be, and without the ability to have face-to-face dialog on such topics, I try to avoid pushing those hot buttons. 💥 However, there are times when I feel the need to do so – like now. 😜 Growing up, I had a fairly conservative bend to my views. On many issues, I still…

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