As mentioned in Under Construction, I hope you’ll join me as I navigate the re-entry stage in our repatriation journey. Every three months I share a series of ‘snapshot’ blog posts about the particulars of building a new life from scratch, filed under the post category Re-entry Reality. I look at everything from making a home, engaging socially, staying healthy, […]
Posts Tagged ‘articles’
A Very Productive Meeting Nonetheless
Posted in Light Bulb Moments, Writing, tagged articles, Jo Parfitt, journalists, meeting, publications, writing on July 22, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Earlier in the week I’d looked at my calendar and was reminded that I had a meeting today. It’s for a group of writers/journalists who meet for networking, sharing of information such as story ideas and different print/online media publications, discussion of current projects, occasional guidance and instruction from our mentor and the group’s founder (Jo Parfitt), and some […]
Out with the Old, In with the New
Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Change, Exercise & Sports, Expat Life, Family & Friends, Learning Dutch or Other Foreign Languages, Life Balance, Light Bulb Moments, Work, Writing, tagged articles, blog, exercise, health, learning Dutch, New Year's Resolutions, organized, published, working, writing on January 5, 2011 | 5 Comments »
It’s nice to be back after a short break that, while busy, was enjoyable, interesting, rejuvenating and restorative. I’ll share more about that in an upcoming post. As readers who follow earlier posts of mine will know, I’m big on reflection and New Year’s resolutions. In fact, the posts The Write Lesson Learned and Letting Go and then Most […]
Most Alive Moment
Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Change, Expat Life, Life Balance, Light Bulb Moments, Writing, tagged articles, blog, change, Most alive, published, writing on December 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, the prompt (from Ali Edwards) for day 3 of the Reverb10 challenge was a doozy: Describe in vivid detail the one moment in 2010 when you felt most alive. I found it so challenging that I didn’t post yesterday. I was still pondering my response. Most alive. That’s a pretty tall order, because as […]