one minute she was sitting in her cubicle and the next...

taking a break. taking a risk. taking a flight outta here.

taking a break. taking a risk. taking a flight outta here.

I dont know what Im doing, but i know it must be done.

The Goods

Vacation Mode, Deactivate

Vacation Mode, Deactivate

Bali, Indonesia (and the US of A) What would you do… If you were trapped in a window seat on a 13-hour transpacific flight, and you needed to use the restroom? but, sam, i’ve been holding it for 3 hours already The guy next to […]

She Gone Girl: The Last Crusade

She Gone Girl: The Last Crusade

all over South America I don’t mean to startle you but… i’m back. How have you BEEN, girlfriend!?  I’ve missed you. Sorry I didn’t call; I was too busy joining a cult and swan diving off the deep end.  Be honest…… diiiiiid you stop reading […]

Back to the Source: Part II

Back to the Source: Part II

Cunha, Brazil Settling into life at the ashram, weeks 3 and 4, was nothing but blue skies and happy days. A new batch of volunteers arrived and with them, an instant family.  Connections so fast and strong that it felt like we’d been living together […]

Back to the Source

Back to the Source

Cunha, Brazil Where were we? Ah, yes.  I was right in the middle of telling you what a steaming-hot pile of confusion I was… and how I needed to get lost in order to find out what went wrong.  ‘Started from the bottom, now we’re […]

She Gone Girl: The Sequel

She Gone Girl: The Sequel

Chicago, USA & Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Buckle up and get ready… cuz it’s SHOWTIME, folks. She Gone Girl is, officially, gone again.  This time: even goner.  Or, I guess, geographically-speaking, she’s closer than ever before so maybe not so much her physical location but […]

2018: A Year in Review

2018: A Year in Review

3 Continents, 18 Countries Did that really just happen?  Or, was it all a dream? or was it magic? 2018 was, objectively, the best year of my life. I mean, sure, I was chosen to be a live mannequin for Hawthorn Mall’s Limited Too window […]

Damn, Giza

Damn, Giza

Giza, Egypt ‘Twas the month after Christmas and all through each house, Not a creature could fit, in her pre-holiday blouse. (Which didn’t stop her from eating the rest of the Christmas cookies, the end.) i really want to lose 3 pounds Hello and welcome […]

No Plane, No Gain

No Plane, No Gain

Dubai, United Arab Emirates Certain things in life are nonnegotiable. Putting gas in your car.  Having gas after Burger King.  Wearing clothes at the bank.  Snatching the last potato skin as the waitress tries to pull the basket away.  it takes perfect timing and years […]

Three Times a Lady

Three Times a Lady

Marrakesh & Agafay Desert, Morocco   L to the A to the D to the Y Alert to my laaaadiesssss – time to pack your jean jackets and fly your asses over to Africa! where my ladies at!? Not able to leave Morocco without a […]

Moroccan Those Waves, Brah

Moroccan Those Waves, Brah

Agadir, Morocco   Over the UK’s sweater weather, temporarily banned from western Europe, and unwilling to fly back to SE Asia (wrong way) or the Americas (too far), my next move was strangely obvious.  I needed to fly to Morocco, live out my Blue Crush […]

Pig OUT

Pig OUT

Edinburgh, Scotland & London, England   One of the benefits of international travel is constructing a network of international friends.   You can compare travel notes, coordinate rendezvouses, or ohhhhh, I don’t know…… spring each other out of Scottish pig farm prisons.  Whatever the day […]

Pig Mistake. Huge.

Pig Mistake. Huge.

Somewhere Outside Glasgow, Scotland   I had a bad feeling the moment I met Michael.  (One of my hosts at the pig farm, in case you missed it.)   Upon picking me up at the train station, he chose to forego the ‘hi, hello, how […]

Thistle Do, Pig

Thistle Do, Pig

Somewhere Outside Glasgow, Scotland   Life is all about balance.   Your schedule, your checkbook, your diet, your baby on the counter as you reaaaaaaach for the bottle opener = they all need to be balanced.  (Some more carefully than others.)   Using the same […]

Long Line of Atholls

Long Line of Atholls

Glasgow & Edinburgh & Forres, Scotland   What’s the one thing you need after 7.5 months on the road?   A SIX-DAY SISTER VACAY.  (cue montage)       guuuuuurl, let’s DO this     where’d kathy nijimy go?     Hello and welcome back.  […]

A Wee Holiday Spree

A Wee Holiday Spree

Ireland   Have you ever put a butter knife in your mouth (to lick off the avocado or nutella or whatever’s on there) only to realize too late that the knife was longer than expected and you might, in fact, kill yourself?   I’ve thought […]

Tamera: Part Two

Tamera: Part Two

Colos, Portugal   Hi there.  ‘Member me?   That girl doin’ that thing in that place?  The one who keeps wearing an Italian beef t-shirt to the wrong venues?  The one who signed up to work in a vegan kitchen even though she’s not vegan […]