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Tag: Settling in

February 18, 2016

Intensity. Immersion. Whoa.

  Ever wake up and wonder how you got yourself into this situation?! You know you brought it on yourself, you chose deliberately, your instinct led and you followed, and yet here you are, overwhelmed and blown away and crazed. 10 days to go on the novel edit. 40? 50? pages more. 3 weeks in […]

Posted in moving, Writing, Settling in CA. Tagged #amwriting, Choice, Northern California, novel, Settling in, writing. 1 Comment
September 18, 2015

Rebound Relationship!

Here I am, emerging from the frenzy of a new love affair, trying to catch my breath.   Immersed in the new relationship—swept off my feet by stimulating conversation, by surprising introductions to new pals, by soul-satisfying food and drink and scary-but-exciting forays—I can’t help but think now and again of my former love(s), our […]

Posted in Living at Stanford. Tagged moving melancholia, Settling in, stanford west. Leave a comment
August 19, 2015

But what is it REALLY like to live here? The Stanford Cult

For weeks and months I lay in bed at night trying to imagine what Life would be like in Cali (oh! see how I’ve picked up the local lingo?!)   I pictured hours at my writing desk alone—David working long days at his first new job apart from each other in 25 years—with a mixture […]

Posted in Living at Stanford, Uncategorized. Tagged Cactus Garden, Living at Stanford, moving, Settling in. 4 Comments
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