InMatador NetworkbyMatador Network·Feb 27, 2017I live in the “hood” of Madrid. And that’s ok.When I landed in Madrid in September ’16, I had a pretty good idea of what I wanted in a neighborhood. I’d been stalking blogs for almost a…A response icon4A response icon4
InMatador NetworkbyMatador Network·Feb 27, 2017Here’s how I talk to my kids about feminismMy parents taught my siblings and I to respect others, to include everyone and move through life with compassion in every sense of the…
InMatador NetworkbyMatador Network·Feb 15, 2017My Love Affair with InstagramI’ve done Tinder, and Match. Okcupid and eHarmony. Bumble, The Grade and Hinge. I’ve been to a matchmaker, did 3 on 3 dates with grouper…A response icon4A response icon4
Matador Network·Jan 31, 2017Despite Trump, here’s how you can help Syrian refugeesSyria has been in the news since 2011, when the first pro-democracy uprising demanded the ousting of the then-current President, Assad. The…
InMatador NetworkbyMatador Network·Jan 31, 2017To Learn About Apartheid, Don’t Just Go to Museums: Talk to Someone Who Was There.EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY morning my helper Susannah comes to clean my house. Clean and wash and iron and all those things that I am…
InMatador NetworkbyMatador Network·Dec 19, 2016When your parent dies while you’re travelingIt’s a strange feeling to be thousands of miles away when your world comes stumbling to a halt. You feel the ground shake, but instead of…
InMatador NetworkbyMatador Network·Nov 1, 2016On the various insecurities of the perpetual traveler“YOU DANCE LIKE AN ANIMAL!” he growled at me through gold teeth and an accent heavy as lead. At first I smiled, a dumb wide-eyed gape…A response icon1A response icon1
InMatador NetworkbyMatador Network·Oct 31, 2016The long slow pull to leaveI do not own a car; I don’t have health insurance, a pantsuit, or a career that necessitates any of the above.
InMatador NetworkbyMatador Network·Oct 25, 2016The letter I wish I’d read when I was 20 years oldYour heart is a quicksilver drunk swinging blind in a knife fight with the world. Don’t follow that son of a bitch and don’t trust him any…A response icon5A response icon5
InMatador NetworkbyMatador Network·Oct 10, 2016Why I moved off the gridThe short answer for why I moved to an off-the-grid cabin in Washington County, Maine — without electricity, running water, refrigeration…A response icon1A response icon1
