It is only because we say ‘It’s unrealistic’ that it will never be real.

A family member who just discovered he and his wife are expecting their first child told me over dinner ‘I mean other people at work have kids, so how hard can it be?’ Our three children are all adults but my husband and I laughed all the way home. ‘How hard can it be?!’ Oh, honey. Just…wait.

AGEISM

Truth or dare? - Okay, Truth. I was today years old when, for the very first time living for years in Spain, someone asked where I am from and I answered ‘Canada’ 🇨🇦 And I wished so hard it was true. I even tried to smile like a real Canadian whose country isn’t run by a fascist. Not kidding. Sorry 😉

Because I needed to clear my head. I painted today for the first time in 2025. I call it Galician Winter

Why Is Labour cosplaying Conservatives? The Dems in the US do this too and they lost. When will everyone on the left learn this is a losing strategy? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

The time for snark, irony, and sarcasm on late-night tv is over. None of this is funny.

Put a frog in boiling water & it will jump out immediately. Put a frog in a pot of cold water & slowly turn up the heat. The frog sits there until the water boils & its too late.

Americans - If you have questions abt what it took to move to another country just ask. Happy to provide my perspective

We need to be fearless in the face of injustice- big or small.

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When you elect angry men they will govern like angry men. They will break things with impunity & destroy lives. Afterwards, they will stand in the rubble they created & say ‘I didn’t want to but 🫵 made me do this.’ Remember this if you ever get the chance to vote again. Abusers abuse. Full 🛑

I have traveled the world & now live in a country that isn’t my own. Why is it that these days I just want to stay on the farm with my dog, tend a garden, raise chickens, & sit by a fire? Is it lack of ambition or contentment? Am I lazy or have I found nirvana? My American-ishness can’t tell which.

The light between two storms - Malpica de Bergantiños, Galicia, España 🇪🇸

‘Look for the helpers.’ - Mr. Fred Rogers ❤️❤️🦋

My neighbors here in my little area of rural Spain are bringing cake & hugging me today. Asking if I, the only American they know, am okay. Like there has been a death in my immediate family. Because, well, it feels like there has. To the 🌍

My beautiful boy, Fergus. Rainy days in Galicia.

Picking and stomping 🍇 and drinking 🍷 with friends in 🇪🇸. A different life. Slower. Never going back.

Have faith - fellow TikTok refugees.There is a new day coming. We’ll be back.

My obsession with small wooden boats. the port of Malpica, Galicia Sunrise January 1, 2025