Since being in Puerto Escondido for nearly a month now, I have been thinking a lot about creating space. About making a place your own. Creating something special and sacred just for you. At home my office is this for me. It has my beautiful things like my crystals and my oracle cards and my […]
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The Story of a Towel and My First Experience in Mexico
Yes, that’s right, I am going to write about a towel. A towel that I bought in 1991 when I was ten years old. A towel that I still possess and a towel that is currently with us here in Puerto Escondido. It has Bart Simpson with his skateboard on it and it says “Cool […]
That Juicy Middle Bit
I have been thinking a lot lately about the middle part of things. That juicy middle bit. The place between forming an idea for something and the final result of the creation/moving forward of said idea. The middle part where everything actually happens. Sometimes the boring place. And always the necessary place. I am currently […]
Slow Down
The pace here in Puerto Escondido is much different than that of Toronto. Sure, we are not working at our regular jobs but it is more than that. Everything moves slower here and I am really enjoying it but it has taken some time to get to that point. This morning I did an Instagram […]
(Self) Acceptance
I have been thinking a lot about acceptance lately. Especially acceptance of the self. Acceptance of your body. The vessel that you have been given. I have been thinking about this all especially as I spend afternoons at the beach watching all kinds of people wearing small to little clothing interact. In my fourteen years […]
New Routines
Isn’t it incredible how quickly we fall into a new routine when life alters? Us humans are so incredibly adaptable which is, I suppose, one of the reasons that we reign on this planet. We have been here in our apartment in Puerto Escondido for nine days now and within a couple we had settled […]
New Project: My Own Oracle Deck
I am really excited to share this post because it has been a long time coming and because when I start something that I am particularly excited about, I usually run fast with it and do not hold back on talking about it. This time around, I have been easing into things. Really feeling them […]
Embrace Fear
Have you ever not succeeded at something in life because you let fear get in the way? I am going to guess the answer is yes. And that it is yes for nearly every human. Fear is a funny thing. It’s like our constant companion whispering in our ear. I am not talented enough… I […]
Why Puerto Escondido
So why Puerto Escondido. Why have we chosen to come here and live here for a month. In the past when we have spent weeks in Mexico, we have traveled around a lot. One trip has us in Querétaro, Guadalajara, Tequila, Sayulita and Puerto Vallarta. Our last big one took us from Mexico City to […]
And here we are, at last: Puerto Escondido
And here we are in Puerto Escondido, only one day late. We arrived last night just as the sun was dipping over the horizon. Me overdressed in my Oxfords with socks and jeans. Wearing these things in an attempt to make my luggage as light as possible. As usual, I had overpacked some. We left […]