Photo by Jason Leung on Unsplash Hello all -Today’s post is a bit different than my normal updates. It’s something that I wrote in 2022/2023 when taking part in a months-long writing program. I originally planned to use the piece in a book, but then decided publishing wasn’t my jam (too...
My view when walking from the Consulate back to our townhouse! Today marks six months in Almaty! In some ways I feel quite settled (favorite coffee shops identified, house set up to my liking, public transport mastered), but on the flip side, there’s a whole lotta things I thought I’d...
Hello Readers – I had intended to write again shortly after the earthquake but COVID had other plans. Nick got the positive diagnosis first and I followed two days after. We had the good fortune of sending Nia away to a friend’s house for five nights and thought she’d been spared, but...
We had a wild night here in Almaty and I can now say I’ve experienced my very first earthquake! Well, technically, I slept through it—as did Nia—but, still! :) The earthquake hit at 12:09 AM in China, just South of the Kyrgyzstan border (the epicenter was where the red circle is on...