Foggy Thoughts from the Margins

You might well be wearying of my consideration of the liminal space, or spaces, I perceive myself occupying these days. I’d be the first to acknowledge that it’s a privileged Liminality, particularly now when so…

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Let’s have Coffee– in Croatia!

Thanks so much for your kind comments on my Paris Love Story. After the recent tragic events in that city we’ve visited so often and love so dearly, I wasn’t sure whether I could continue…

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Paris Windows and the Liminality of Retirement

I loved the graphic patterns in neutral colours in this fall window in Bordeaux Oh my goodness! I’ve been home over two weeks now, and my post-travel thoughts on transition are at grave risk of…

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Post-travel Adjusting, Dog-gedly

May I just say that 7 weeks’ travel far from home — and the return from that travel — is one good way to begin understanding and even constructing one’s retirement identity? I’m thinking about…

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Home Again, Home Again, Jiggety Jog

I’ve been up since 1:30, having fallen asleep at 6:30 yesterday after dinner. A 10+hour flight and 9-hour time difference will do that to you. Tried to go back to bed at 4, but gave…

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