Category: Personal stories

Summer has come and gone – yesterday I turned on my heat! Before we know it, Christmas will be here again. It’s been a busy year for me, and along the way, a few things have slipped through the cracks…

Wondering where I disappeared to? For the past two weeks, I’ve been wandering the streets of my beautiful hometown, Iasi, jet-lagged and diving deep into a bag of old memories…

I was making a shepherd’s pie, thinking that this Sunday is one month since I lost my sweet Poncho, and wondering what to write for this Sunday’s post. Recalling the events of my week, I remembered a conversation…

I’m not going to talk about the outstanding opening ceremony of the Olympics in Paris nor about JD Vance’s opinion about some of us, childless, cat-loving women. Those topics are being thoroughly dissected by the media. Instead…

Yesterday evening, I attended the Hallwalls 50th Annual Members Exhibition where I submitted a piece. Far from being in a celebratory mood, I made an effort to go. While walking outside, a man rudely yelled at me…

I wasn’t sure whether to write about the the art of traveling light (which I meant to post last Sunday) or the exquisite Freedom of the Seas cruise ship. But since they’re related, I’ll succinctly cover both…

As a queen of chaos, I’ve been striving all my life for order. Imagine my perplexity when I first heard Einstein’s statement: “Order is needed by the ignorant, but it takes a genius to master chaos.”…

When I first heard the term “expert by experience,” it immediately resonated with me. I recalled all those countless conversations with subject matter experts who couldn’t quite grasp where I was coming from…

There comes a time in life when certain experiences are best kept quiet or shared only with those close to you. In my life, this has happened way too many times. I still remember the first time…