Our nation celebrated National Face Your Fears Day last week. Well, we were supposed to. I would have if I had wanted to. But I didn’t because this is the most ridiculous national day ever. It reminds me of a friend who once told me that he loves doing things he doesn’t want to do because it grows his discipline. I pointed out that if he loves doing those things, he … [Read more...]
Sunny Side Up: Spanish
Floridians know their Spanish. A trip to Walmart is to hear perfect Spanish, Spanish in all its iterations. So when I moved here, I thought I’d give this Spanish thing a go. To say I’m pretty good at languages is an understatement. My family moved to Germany when I was two, and you should have heard me jabber away in German by age five. I was a baby prodigy! In fact, my … [Read more...]
Sunny Side Up: Swiss Family Robinson
People always talk about summer reading, but I’ve never really believed in it. I think it’s because of the stupid book lists I’d get in high school to read while I was away. Yeah, right. “What I did during my summer was read what you gave me, and now I’m back. It was great.” But this summer, I decide to overcome my aversion to that book list feeling, with its corresponding … [Read more...]
Sunny Side Up: Touched
Some would say I’ve been touched. I’m creative – a writer. Perhaps it was a light touch. Regardless, here I am to share about touching things, not people. Touching people is too complicated. I’m a keen toucher of things. This is why, when visiting the Kennedy Space Center, I couldn’t wait to touch the moon pebble. When I did, I realized I was accomplishing something … [Read more...]
Sunny Side Up: Smelly Shirt
To live in Florida is to sweat. If it were up to me, we’d go clothless, as in survival situations where modesty takes second place. That’s why I’m upset with clothes that promise a similar experience, like dry fit. Dry fit comes in a variety of brands – ClimaCool™, thermaskin, permafrost, silly string – but these clothes exact a cost. I remember buying my … [Read more...]
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