In typical fashion, I’m more than a week late posting my end-of-year wrap up. “This is no way to run a blog!” say the experts. I wholeheartedly disagree. This is in fact exactly the way 99% of bloggers run their blogs: posting sporadically for a while, and then falling off the face of the earth. [...]
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2012: Let’s do this thing.
Posted in Planning, USA, tagged digressions on January 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Floating at top speed
Posted in USA, tagged digressions, Discovery, Papua New Guinea, scuba diving, space shuttle on March 25, 2011 | 2 Comments »
A few days ago I had a drink (or two…) with an old friend. “Let’s see,” she said. “What have you done since I last saw you?” It’s been a month. The answer is that I flew halfway around the world to dive Papua New Guinea for Matador Network, courtesy of the Papua New Guinea [...]
My dysfunctional relationship with New York City
Posted in USA, tagged digressions, New York City on March 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I have had tremendous trouble living in New York. I don’t really know why. Maybe I can’t live here. I’ve certainly not been able to find a life here. But. I love, love, love coming home to this city. It’s the only place I want to come home to. Oy, as they say, vey.
My dysfunctional relationship with books
Posted in USA, tagged books, digressions on February 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A tale in three parts. Back in November, when my coming-to-back-to America was still new, I went to the Swampscott Public Library with my mom. She was going to return some books, and I was going to borrow some – the disease of anti-accumulation, nomadic ways were still coursing through my blood. The American “buy, [...]
Metaphysical range life
Posted in Uncategorized, USA, tagged digressions, range life on January 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Holy crap, what a week this has been. It all started Tuesday. That’s when I embarked on my new part-time consulting gig with She Writes, an online network that helps writers connect with each other and gain access to professional services and guidance. So far it’s been terribly exciting and overwhelming. Another startup web company, [...]
Taking a risk
Posted in Planning, USA, tagged digressions on December 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I just had lunch with a good friend who is in the middle of trying to raise money for her startup business. Her description of the fundraising process sounded exactly like a freelance writer trying to get published. In fact, she used the term “authorpreneur” in describing one aspect of her business. That’s me! What [...]
Writing, nostalgia and details
Posted in Malaysia, USA, tagged Borneo, digressions, diving, Mabul, Malaysia, scuba diving, Scuba Junkie, Semporna, Sipadan, writing on December 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My article on diving Malaysian Borneo is up on Matador Networks. Enjoy. Writing this piece was at once cathartic (the first draft exceeded 3000 words!) and nostalgic. I just celebrated my one-year anniversary of becoming a divemaster (Nov 30) and starting work at Scuba Junkie (December 10, I think). Last year at this time I [...]
Unsettling in
Posted in USA, tagged digressions on December 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I was away for 17 months, and I’ve been back in the US for about 2 1/2. My settling back in has been unsettled. I’ve had many moments of joy, mostly around seeing friends & family. I’ve caught myself being seduced by my old New York lifestyle, checking Craigslist for full-time jobs and the price [...]
The “f” word
Posted in USA, tagged digressions on November 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
My 8-year-old nephew Griffin failed at growing the biggest sweet potato in the world. Earlier this year, he dug a little garden in his back yard and planted an old potato that had started to sprout. A budding scientist, he explained his project to me when I visited him after my return from abroad. “I [...]
Neverending countdown
Posted in USA, tagged Cocoa Beach, digressions, Florida, Kennedy Space Center, NASA, space shuttle, space shuttle Discovery, USA on November 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I arrived in Orlando, Florida, in a state. I was stressed – about the cost of the trip, about what day the shuttle would launch and therefore what how to manage my hotel, car and flights. It was too much. I decided I would stay only until Wednesday; if the launch was delayed again, I [...]
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