• 18
    Oct
     

    Directness

    Yesterday morning, I was planning to hang out with a friend. I was in San Francisco, close to where she lives, and we were going to grab a cup of tea or light bite together before I began my drive back home to LA.
    Our last text exchange had left the details of our get-together up in the air – […]

  • 18
    Oct
     

    Sometimes, when life pulls the rug out from underneath you, it is time to go on a magic carpet ride

    A year ago today, my life as I knew it came to a screeching halt. Well, more like a painful, hobbling slow-down.
    I pulled my groin muscle. While doing a fan-kick on a pole.
    Yes, a pole. As in pole dancing.
    And while I would love to share some titillating story about what I was up to, the truth is t […]

  • 18
    Oct

    Luanda Living

    Yesterday, I woke up at 4 am in a minor panic – wondering if my man was ok.
    He was on his way from London to Luanda, Angola, via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
    This may sound like a crazy itinerary, but its par for the course around here.
    I knew he had made it to Ethiopia but I hadn’t received the u […]

  • 18
    Oct
     

    Loneliness

    Right now I’m feeling lonely. I was scheduled to go out to dinner with a friend tonight that I haven’t seen in a long time. Something I’ve been looking forward to for a while. I had spent time today feeling into what kind of food I wanted to eat and was enjoying going back and forth about logi […]