Like more than five million others, I’m an American abroad. Except for a brief window of post-COVID sanity from 2022 to 2024, for the last ten years, I’ve lived in an emotional space that spans the chasm between gratitude and guilt. I know I’m not alone. I don’t presume to speak for anyone else. Like…
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March Forth and Read
March is my favorite writing month. The thirty-one days of Women’s History Month gives me an excuse to gather all my favorite things–women, words, and wit–on the page. Oh, who am I kidding? I never need an excuse to do that! March is also the month when you can grab a copy of It’s a…
It’s a Lot to Unpack
Hey friend, it’s been a while! What’s new, you ask? Well, in November, I released my second book, It’s a Lot to Unpack, a memoir of my journey from New York badass to international housewife, and the fifteen-year struggle to find a way back to the woman I left behind. Since then? Well, I’ve been…
Expating in the Time of Corona
Unless you’re living under a rock (superb social distancing points), navigating this virus is affecting most aspects of our lives. It’s upended economies. It’s uprooted nations, plans, and traditions. The damn virus is upskirting us all–exposing fault lines within countries, within governments, institutions, and families. I feel a bit like a menopausal monkey, swinging wildly…
Wine and Cheese (Doodles) 