A Life Unpacked
Kaarin Marx SmithPersonal essays about unpacking my attempt to focus on what matters most in life: Connection, Courage, the Great OutDoors, and Travel with writing that is at times self-deprecating, vulnerable (did she really say that?), and spicy (yes, she did).
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I Loved Mexico City. I'm Never Going Back.
Temple of the Sun at Teotihuacan, outside of Mexico City
When winter slugs you in the face, the best thing to do, if you can, is make like a bird and head south. I did just that on a recent trip to Mexico City, where I had a chance to catc...
Girls Just Want To Have Fun...
We are all just walking each other home…Ram Dass Photo by Eugene Chystiakov on Unsplash
I live in a supremely walkable neighborhood. I can walk to two movie theaters, dozens of restaurants, and the library just down the street. New Seasons...
Traveling Abroad? It's Complicated.
Banos, Ecuador: “Gateway to the Amazon”
We arrived in the town of Banos in central Ecuador after an excruciating eight-hour ride on a bus so full of people and overflowing plastic bags that an elderly woman had nowhere else to put a cardbo...
The Color of Christmas is Orange
This is a post that I wrote last December…if you’re like me, you can’t remember the book you finished last week, let alone what caught your fancy last year. In fact, My Guy and I recently watched the whole season #4 of Homeland without re...
Escape. From The Perfect Holiday.
Are you someone who, now that we’ve turned the calendar to December, has a to-do list and expectations on par with the jolly old elf himself?
Or, maybe, like me, your inbox is filled with articles telling you that all you need to do to cre...
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Former humanitarian aid worker turned writer. Writing and travel are what bind my life together, helping me make sense of the world. I can be self-deprecating, vulnerable, and a bit spicy--just ask Facebook. They banned me for life!
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