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Life This Week in Hanoi, Vietnam: Sep 21-27, 2026

Monday, September 21 Slept through the night for once so got right up at 7:30 and headed out. First I went to a house I’ve wanted to photograph. But, as is so often the case when I have something very specific I want to photograph, it’s never quite the same in reality
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Life This Week in Hanoi, Vietnam: Sep 14-20, 2026

Monday, Sep 14 Oh, today was a DOOZY!!! I feel like I say that a lot. Today was moving day, from Hanoi Airbnb #1 (be still my heart) to Hanoi Airbnb #2. I had to check out of #1 by 11am…and could check into #2 after 2pm. So with some time to
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Life This Week in Hanoi, Vietnam: Sep 7-13, 2026

Always. Trying. To. Get. Caught. Up. Hence two posts this week. Was a fairly quiet week…coworking, walking around, sweating, eating, almost killing my new laptop by spilling an iced latte all over the keyboard and then spending my Friday night racing out to the seller’s apartment an hour away for him to
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Life This Week in Hanoi, Vietnam: Aug 31-Sep 6, 2026

Monday, Aug 31 Today was a sort of productive (?) day. My main goal was to look at a used laptop. After six weeks of renting, with another 6 to 9 months of travel ahead, I realized I was eventually going to spend more on rentals than I would just buying one.
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Where Bloggers Live: Things I Always Say

Welcome! “Where Bloggers Live” started out kind of like HGTV’s “Celebrities at Home,” but…with bloggers! We all like to peek behind the scenes and see inside people’s homes, interests, and lives, so every month this wonderful  family of amazing women shares their work-spaces, homes, towns, and thoughts, with posts based on specific
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Life These Weeks in Hanoi, Vietnam: August 16-30, 2026

And so I left Ho Chi Minh City (not sad) and arrived in Hanoi. A several hour uneventful plane ride. I only had one small bag weight overage charge of about $11 USD. That was a win. My carry-on roller bag was actually overweight but they let it slide (phew). The first
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A Month in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: July 17-August 15, 2026

I spent mid-July to mid-August in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam…and after just barely surviving the heat and humidity, I was surprised to learn that this isn’t even the hottest time of year here. April! April! Lovely, lovely April – the month the May flower-bringing showers…the month of daffodils and tulips and just-warm
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Where Bloggers Live: The Tabs That Never Close: My Essential Websites

Welcome! “Where Bloggers Live” started out kind of like HGTV’s “Celebrities at Home,” but…with bloggers! We all like to peek behind the scenes and see inside people’s homes, interests, and lives, so every month this wonderful  family of amazing women shares their work-spaces, homes, towns, and thoughts, with posts based on specific
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A Few Days in Seoul, South Korea: July 14-17, 2026

Seoul: July 14-17 As I mentioned in the last post, LOTS of things -S O MANY things – have been going wrong, or at least feeling like they’re going wrong. My anxiety has been Through the Roof, which is never good. When I get into Anxiety Mode, I freeze, and all productivity
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Back in the US: California & Florida Edition: June 10-July 13, 2026

California June 10-July 1, 2026 I’ll keep this as brief a catch-up as possible…especially cuz I hardly did anything worth mentioning. The main feature in my life these days seems to be that whatever can go wrong, will. One thing after another between my eyes, some legal stuff I’m trying to sort out, glasses (sort
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Where Bloggers Live: Things in My Home That Get Me Through the Day

Welcome! “Where Bloggers Live” started out kind of like HGTV’s “Celebrities at Home,” but…with bloggers! We all like to peek behind the scenes and see inside people’s homes, interests, and lives, so every month this wonderful  family of amazing women shares their work-spaces, homes, towns, and thoughts, with posts based on specific
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Where Bloggers Live: The Animals Who Rule My Heart

Welcome! “Where Bloggers Live” started out kind of like HGTV’s “Celebrities at Home,” but…with bloggers! We all like to peek behind the scenes and see inside people’s homes, interests, and lives, so every month this wonderful  family of amazing women shares their work-spaces, homes, towns, and thoughts, with posts based on specific
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Back in the US: Florida Edition: May 2026

While April was mostly pleasant – not that hot and not humid at all. May was another story.  Opening the door was like splashing your face with hot soup. Humidity is my least favorite weather condition. I mostly just left the house to go to doctor’s appointments. So many doctor’s appointments. Eye
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Where Bloggers Live: My Favorite Things About Being Me

Welcome! “Where Bloggers Live” started out kind of like HGTV’s “Celebrities at Home,” but…with bloggers! We all like to peek behind the scenes and see inside people’s homes, interests, and lives, so every month this wonderful  family of amazing women shares their work-spaces, homes, towns, and thoughts, with posts based on specific
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Living Outside the U.S. ~ The Real Trade-Offs No One Talks About

For the past three years I’ve lived mostly outside the U.S. It’s been exciting, disorienting and exhausting….but worth it. People love to frame the “living abroad” lifestyle as either a dream or a disaster. It’s neither. It’s a trade. You’re not escaping anything. You’re swapping one set of realities for another. The
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Where Bloggers Live: April Showers Bring May Flowers

Welcome! “Where Bloggers Live” started out kind of like HGTV’s “Celebrities at Home,” but…with bloggers! We all like to peek behind the scenes and see inside people’s homes, interests, and lives, so every month this wonderful  family of amazing women shares their work-spaces, homes, towns, and thoughts, with posts based on specific
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Back in the US: California Edition

I’m Over Here Now On February 25, I left my home of two months in Chiang Mai, Thailand and returned to the United States to spend some time with family. Last year, when I left Seoul at the end of my two-year visa, it took me about a month to recover from
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