Author Archives: Carla

How Could You Not Fall In Love Here?

Posted on May 13, 2023 by Carla
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Disney To NYU

Posted on May 13, 2023 by Carla

Meet Kai, an NYU student on break, traveling by themselves in Greece. Majors in Computer Science, minors in theatre. Staying with her ‘aunts’ in Athens. Kai met these two French sisters, also on college break, on a hike up to … Continue reading →

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Blue Santorini

Posted on May 13, 2023 by Carla
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Zooming Into Our Cavehouse

Posted on May 13, 2023 by Carla

Welcome to our wicked cool REAL cave house. Oia, Santorini, Greece. Google Earth Coordinates: 36°27’38’N25°22’25’E

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The City of Ruins and Gelato

Posted on May 12, 2023 by Carla

There is SO MUCH to see in Athens – from the Acropolis with the Parthenon, the Agora and all of the ancient ruins in the city, to the museums where they display all of the very very very old artifacts. … Continue reading →

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Now and Then: Important differences to note

Posted on April 21, 2023 by Carla

If you read my previous notes from the trip we took to Bali, there are some important things to note. There are miracles in life. For one, ten years ago, I was fresh out of a spinal cord injury and … Continue reading →

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A Decade Later, a Different Island

Posted on April 21, 2023 by Carla

Tuesday, April 18: I didn’t set out to blog again, but life landed me here. Right here. At this blog that I started ten years ago on the brink of turning fifty, of our month in the rice fields of … Continue reading →

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A Bali Month

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Carla

Home.  It’s really good to be home.  It was really good to be there.  As we juggle with schedules and responsibilities and this pesky lingering jetlag, we try to hold onto the memories of a pretty perfect month. Thank goodness … Continue reading →

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Reflection.

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Carla

Megan is knitting on the porch.  Kai is playing in the pool with Gilang and Gita, twelve years and eight years old respectively.  By this time, they are acting like older brothers and younger sister.  They tease her, and at … Continue reading →

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The thing about rice is…

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Carla

…it’s so much more than those small, white grains sticking to your spoon. It’s much more than the contents of the white take-out container that accompanies your moo goo gai pan. To understand rice and its significance, particularly in Bali, … Continue reading →

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