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(Not so) Far from the Madding Crowd

Sweltering and cramped in our attic apartment, we looked into the magic mirror to a place where concrete framed the complementing elements of sky and water. We decided then (2005) and there (East Rock, New Haven, Connecticut, The World, The Universe) that we would flee it all and land on the beach, own our first [...]

5May2010 | Jillian | 4 comments | Continued
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Our Caribbean Swan Song

The last four days have been glorious. Yesterday we woke up and drove across the street into Akumal, the pretty vacation village, where we snorkeled for an hour right off the beach. I swam with a school of indigo fish and Malcolm chased a turtle. Then we stopped off for (amazing) tacos and tortas at [...]

27Apr2010 | Jillian | 1 comment | Continued
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The Conversational Habits of East Coast City Folk

Once, between harvests, I went on a trip to New York City. There I had the pleasure of making a friend at the Grand Central Station who took me into his confidence to inform me that one in every five persons I see there in the Big Apple was in fact an [...]

20Apr2010 | Jillian | 1 comment | Continued
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A Case of the Fridays

Unlike Garfield, Peter Gibbons, and this one girl from high school I’m Facebook friends with, I don’t really hate Mondays. In our little world, which has its particular pleasures and problems, the first morning of a fresh week is A-OK with me. I don’t have to wake up early. There is no mania-inducing commute by [...]

19Apr2010 | Jillian | 0 comments | Continued
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Expattitude

Imagine the coolest person you’ve ever seen. Dial that back about 26%. Drop this beautiful badass into a daytime street scene in a busy Mexican port. That’s me. Imagine me walking. Up the sidewalk on April 1st. The sky is blue, the sidewalk packed with vendors and vacationers. I found a parking space. This alone [...]

1Apr2010 | Jillian | 4 comments | Continued
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Crossing Over

When I was four I took a cross country road trip with my mother, aunt, uncle and his dog, Nathan, a nasty Cocker Spaniel. The newlyweds had moved out West to Arizona and my mom was checking up on her little sister’s new life; I was just along for the ride. I learned to spell [...]

31Mar2010 | Jillian | 1 comment | Continued
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My Sign Is A Love Song

Have you ever looked for a sign? Not knowing what to do turned to stars or tea leaves or the pattern of a flock of birds for some semblance of order in the universe and your place in it? Me neither. Except I am always doing that. Who wants to take responsibility for a decision [...]

31Mar2010 | Jillian | 0 comments | Continued
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New York Magazine Affirms My Life Choices

In this week’s (online) New York Magazine the weekend travel section recommends both Merida and Mid-Coast Maine. And, as far as I know from my own experience, their assessment is pretty spot on.
Hacienda Xcanatun is a lovely place for a decent meal, but it’s the surrounding grounds that truly invite escape. The endorsement of Urbano [...]

25Mar2010 | Jillian | 0 comments | Continued
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It’s All I Can Do To Conceal My Feelings

Of Jealousy. In addition to laziness, judginess, and vanity, jealousy is one of my ten worst qualities. It’s genetic. It’s (em)pathetic. I don’t want to not be in my own life; I just want to live everyone else’s as well. Maybe because I’m still trying to find a way that best suits me, but as [...]

25Mar2010 | Jillian | 0 comments | Continued
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Caveat Empty or Let The Buyer Be Where?

In case we haven’t mentioned it lately, our house is friggin’ awesome. That’s why we named it Casa de Awesome, duh. Maybe it’s snowing where you live but here it’s a lovely 77 degrees with a light breeze, lots of bright sunshine and a true blue sky. Our living room windows and sliding glass doors [...]

24Mar2010 | Jillian | 0 comments | Continued
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Signed, Mellow in Mexico

Confession: I don’t have health insurance, haven’t since college. I would like it, don’t know how I’m going to get it, know nothing little about how it works, or doesn’t. The words health care reform don’t send me screaming socialism, raving that abortions will become a government-funded pass-time for lazy, blaspheming skanks.  The basics of [...]

23Mar2010 | Jillian | 0 comments | Continued
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Reeducation Camp Counselor

We’ve been living off the leash for the last four years. Since we are currently preparing to return to the rules and regulations of Americalandia it’s time to  re-familiarize ourselves with the laws of civilized society and introduce our dog to the concept of boundaries and restraint. Olivia is a high-spirited animal, smart, super fast, [...]

19Mar2010 | Jillian | 0 comments | Continued
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