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3 years later

Then I found him…thinking I would help him have a better life, restore him back to health and teach him how to be a properly behaved dog. And while all that did happen, I was the one that healed deep wounds, experienced a richer life and learned how to be a better, more empathetic human being… all because of him.

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What I ate in Spain and Portugal

“Food is everything we are. It’s an extension of nationalist feeling, ethnic feeling, your personal history, your province, your region, your tribe, your grandma. It’s inseparable from those from the get-go.” — Anthony Bourdain

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40 useful lessons that have served me well in my 40 years

I’m actually about to turn 41. Last year, I challenged myself to reflect and put together a list of lessons that I posted on (back then when it was brand new) Threads.

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Chicago: lots of water under many bridges

Reminder that we are all just trying our best. And that it’s ok to give people second chances.

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Sunset in Portugal

It fascinates me how much people around the world gather on a daily basis for sunrises and sunsets.

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Why I chose Squarespace for this blog

The best tool for the job is the one that you use and works.

I used to have a version of this blog hosted on Wordpress. I loved the fact that I could customize it the way that I wanted, had full control over hosting, settings, plugins, etc. I mostly shared links that I liked around music, articles, videos, etc. It was kind of like mini blog passing itself as a life stream (not unlike how people use X or Threads). I was pretty active on it but then I stopped posting. Updating Wordpress plugins all the time got really cumbersome.

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My first blog post

In a quest to find a hobby that I don’t actively seek to monetize, I came across a Thread from some person I don’t even follow. She was making a post about how she missed blogs for the sake of blogs. And how we should bring back blogs for the sake of writing whatever we wanted, sharing whatever we wanted, exploring ideas for no other reason than fun. I liked that thought.