Tag Archives: love

Ryōan-ji Zen garden: 15 rocks and a 15 year marriage

January 29, 2020 · by · in Japan, UNESCO World Heritage Sites · 14 Comments

As a young woman I thought a typical marriage was this: the wife thanklessly plows through endless chores while her husband, planted in front of a television, yells at a sports game as piles of empty beer cans rise up around him.  I never wanted to be married. HOB and I met at a bookstore […]

Janacek doth suffer a sea-change

November 27, 2019 · by · in Uncategorized, USA · 15 Comments

  Janacek was a homely cat—with his mottled brown, gray, white and striped fur—not to mention clumsy, and rather lazy.  They say pets resemble their people, so who knows; perhaps that’s why we picked him from the shelter, this cat who had been dropped off, adopted, and returned to the shelter a second time, before […]

I am loving you so hard, Santa María del Naranco

February 16, 2015 · by · in Spain, UNESCO World Heritage Sites · 8 Comments

Hey everyone–meet my new girlfriend: This is Santa María del Naranco, also known as my girlfriend. (In case you were wondering, I also have a wife and a husband.)    Santa María del Naranco was a summer palace built in the mid-9th century in the kingdom of Asturias, present day Oviedo.  At the time, Asturias […]

How to get along with your spouse while traveling (hint: snacks)

July 14, 2014 · by · in Travel tips · 20 Comments

HOB is the love of my life.  His relentless curiosity, long attention span, and considerable knowledge of art and music makes him an ideal traveling companion….except for when he’s a pain in my substantially-sized ass and I wish I could leave him in a locker at the train station.  To be fair, my fear of […]