Whenever I write about a fictional character, I think about what they carry, as inspired by Tim O’Brien’s amazing short story, “The Things They Carried,” and subsequent creative writing prompts I’ve come across based on the basic premise that what … Continue reading
Prepped food in little bowls makes me happy. Ryan and I are getting a hang of things. Correction, I am getting the hang of things. He’s had a year to learn the language and the metro system and which cheese … Continue reading
Yesterday, our shipment from the States arrived! All 663 pounds of our belongings. Technically, most of that weight was mine since Ryan got his shipment a year ago now. But he had some guitars in there to balance out … Continue reading
So, we felt our first earthquake in Chile. We and the city are perfectly fine, as we are more or less in a daily earthquake zone, but this recent one woke us up around 4AM. A 5.0 centered at the coast … Continue reading
I knew things weren’t going to be the same in Chile. That was the idea–so Ryan and I could live and work in another part of the world and grow stronger for it. I also expect this experience–its challenges as … Continue reading