A Case of the Puckering Buckeye and the Other Puckering Buckeye
Footprints of “the king” on our beach walk. I have a problem with my mouth. It doesn’t necessarily listen to the relatively small part of my brain that tells me to be graceful, be still in a moment, be...
View ArticleThe Little Holiday Card that Wasn’t
Kurt says this little gem should be our Christmas Card. I say I’m glad I trimmed my nose hairs for days I’m wearing deer antlers. Truth be told, we didn’t manage to send holiday cards this year. Maybe...
View Article10 Ways to Survive Marla Unplugged
Amanda and I first met Marla in grad school. All three of us also traveled to England together, which was a riot. We have become great friends with Marla, which was easy of course because she’s so...
View ArticleMarla Must be Crazy
Billabong, Trilby Station, an outback property in far western New South Wales (photo credit: Baz, The Landy) Marla recently wrote on her blog that she was heading to live in South Africa and was...
View ArticleMy First Date
I felt shaky and weak and deeply embarrassed just to exist as Rob walked up to meet me in the ticket line. His skin had turned darker, his hair blonder, and his freckles more abundant from the summer...
View ArticleTurtle Fear and the Reluctant Animal Rescue
The Fourth of July. 2010. It was mid-afternoon, so the streets weren’t super jammed yet, but they would be soon. I was doing a couple things around my apartment, just cleaning up, and I grabbed the...
View ArticleDrinking Like the Trophy Wife of an Oil Tycoon
Turkish food. (Photo credit: Doggy’s Style) The blog name is Traveling Marla right? So I’ll stick to the theme, see, I promised Marla I wouldn’t get her blog closed by picking touchy subjects like...
View ArticleThe Little Holiday Card that Wasn’t
Kurt says this little gem should be our Christmas Card. I say I’m glad I trimmed my nose hairs for days I’m wearing deer antlers. Truth be told, we didn’t manage to send holiday cards this year. Maybe...
View ArticleThe Little Holiday Card that Wasn’t
Kurt says this little gem should be our Christmas Card. I say I’m glad I trimmed my nose hairs for days I’m wearing deer antlers. Truth be told, we didn’t manage to send holiday cards this year. Maybe...
View ArticleKids Give the Best Answers Don’t They?
I asked a group of schoolchildren a simple question about South Africa. I couldn’t stop giggling at one little girl’s answer… Last week I gave a presentation at Ark of Learning in Indiana,...
View ArticleThe Little Holiday Card that Wasn’t
Kurt says this little gem should be our Christmas Card. I say I’m glad I trimmed my nose hairs for days I’m wearing deer antlers. Truth be told, we didn’t manage to send holiday cards this year. Maybe...
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