Tag: November
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My Dislike of Halloween
I thought for sure I had written about my disdain for this commercialized, over-hyped, not really a holiday, excuse to be ‘weird’ day. However, it seems that it was in 2010 that I last wrote about it. So, a little piece 11 years later, and over a week since it has past this year, isn’t…
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If I am Found, does it mean I am lost?
I have just finished watching the Netflix documentary Found. As it is National Adoption Awareness Month (NAAM), which is not something I really pay much attention to but due to running The Universal Asian, I have to be somewhat aware, at least. This article from the Huffington Post made me nod quite a few times…
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Hoping for the Best!
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…
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Days of Drifting
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…
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Restoring Humanity
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…
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Schedules to Focus
If you’ve been reading this blog or following me for a while, then you probably already know my love of schedules. No, more than a love, they are a necessity in my life. Strangely enough, most of the people around me are the absolute opposite including my husband, who has an almost allergic aversion to…
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Nuances
Gosh, it has been ages since I’ve had a moment to stop and go deep into the vortex known as my grey matter. Not that I have anything overly profound to say, but I do feel a bit as if I have been in another universe and suddenly landed myself in an unknown time called…
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Settling In to November
We are already 20 days in to being in France! How did the time go so quickly? Can it really already have been 20 days? 🤷🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️ My husband says that I have been walking around with a permanent smile on my face since we arrived – or at least once the travel fog lifted. 😁…
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Flu Season
Every year the discussion about getting shots for whatever flu strand or superbug is out there is had. Every year I swear by the fact I hardly ever get sick and that I have never gotten the flu shot because of it. The fact is, despite what doctors and others say, I do not agree…
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Turkey for Turkeys
My all-time favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. Although there is some controversy in recent years around the origins of the holiday, I ignore all the politicking of it and focus on what it means to me. Some people argue that they like Christmas better because, in the US, it’s not that much different from Thanksgiving except that…
