Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

  • My parents have hit the full retirement life and spent the last four months in their ‘winter’ home in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. So, I decided to go for a visit during my spring break this year to see what the fuss is all about. Well, let me tell you – it was excellent and I definitely see why they chose to live there. There’s tons to do and the weather is fantastic.…

  • While I’m on the topic of writing and understanding my calling, let me now address a greater dilemma that’s been going on in my head for a few weeks now. This freakin’ dissertation! 😐 When I started my quest for a PhD, I wanted to ensure my employability in Japan for a tenure position and not face a constant battle of renewing contracts every three years. Plus, in academia it’s cool to be…

  • The way that I manage to get a lot of reading done aside from a few pages before bed is by exercising on the treadmill. Lately, the weather has been rather grey and windy as the heat slowly moves into the city, so I’ve been back on the ‘mill to burn off the days’ tensions. Although I was just doing yoga twice a week and it seemed enough, I’ve realized that isn’t actually…

  • As usual, my silence on here generally means that life is whizzing by and my head in whirling around. So, I’m still here and slowly pulling myself out of the whirlpool in hopes of taming it to smaller waves…. We will see…. Spring break is coming and I’m SOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited to see my parents, sleep and relax amidst my peoples for a bit. So, I suspect I shall be more productive on here…

  • So…since getting my new ‘baby’, I have been taking photos for friends. My first one is a kind of regular job where I take photos for my friend’s comedy show – Yalla Laughs – which just started a few weeks back in Abu Dhabi. A lot of the pictures on their Facebook page are ones that I took. Not too bad for an amateur, if I do say so myself. 😀 My second…

  • Back in college J & I made a big first purchase together – a Canon SLR. We were both dreaming of taking amazing photos of life. When we went our separate ways, I kept the SLR and continued to spend rolls of film documenting my travels and life. However, the way of high-end point-n-shoot digital cameras came along, and my love affair with my Nikon Coolpix began. For years most of my photos…

  • Is it possible to travel too much? Am I just too spoiled in my ‘old age’ that when I go to a new city, it’s not as exciting as it used to be? I’m in Madrid for a conference (INTED 2015). I was here before about six years ago with my mom and Aunt Sue. It was a short visit before we took off for the south of Spain, but I remembered it…

  • There is a short period in the morning that determines how much I am going to get done during the day. During the work week, this window is less noticeable because I generally have the same schedule that gets me up, ready for work and at work at the same time. For the most part, I am predictably productive and know that I can get my tasks done. However, the weekends are a different…

  • This morning I had perhaps an epiphany – has my mood and brain synapses been altered since I stopped being so diligent with my Paleo diet? Hm…it is quite possible since I have increased my caffeine, sugar and carb (sugar!) intake quite a bit the past few weeks. I stopped being so focused on Paleo eating because my weight had dropped a bit too much and with the yoga, all of my clothes…

  • So, my plan to write more has kind of gone by the wayside the past five weeks or so. There are a number of reasons for it: *adjusted my living situation a bit *work changed to be busier (understatement!!! :P) *went on an up, then a down and am somewhere in between now *my head is jumbled *my body is tired…. This is just a short list, but you can get the idea…. I…

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