by Jeni | Mar 27, 2021 | Family, Kindness, Language, Peace, Relationships, Spain, Travel, Yoga
Spring in the Cimadevilla neighborhood of Gijon This week in my Spanish language class, my teacher Cristina flashed a photo on the overhead projector of my neighborhood Cimadevilla because of it’s historic significance. Because our class is small, conversational...
by Jeni | Mar 22, 2021 | Downsizing, Family, Food, Language, Letting Go, Peace, Relationships, Retirement, Spain, Travel, Yoga
View from my writing desk Yesterday was cleaning day in our apartment. It was too early to run the vacuum cleaner and risk waking the neighbors below us, so I grabbed the broom and started to sweep. The repetitive movement of the broom bristles made a soft swishing...
by Jeni | Feb 27, 2021 | Downsizing, Food, Marriage, Spain, Travel, Yoga
1978 Me and my roommate, Teresa, in Madrid, Spain When cleaning out the storage unit earlier this year, I came across this photo taken during my first visit to Spain. I had not looked at it in decades and was surprised by the rush of memories that accompanied it. In...
by Jeni | Feb 13, 2021 | Caregiver/daughter, Dogs, Downsizing, Family, Letting Go, Marriage, Relationships, Retirement, Spain, Travel, Yoga
In February 2018, Rocky and I decided to put our house up for sale and start the downsizing process so we could eventually move out of the country. At that point, we were not sure if we would end up in Ecuador or Spain but knew we wanted to travel more and become...
by Jeni | May 26, 2020 | Dogs, Downsizing, Food, Letting Go, Retirement, Spain, Travel, Yoga
Many of you have asked recently if our plans have changed due to the quarantine. I don’t think anyone’s plans have remained completely untouched by the global pandemic, ours included. We are just taking one day at a time, like the rest of you. In the last...
by Jeni | Apr 7, 2020 | Alzheimer's, Caregiver/daughter, Dogs, Downsizing, Family, Kindness, Letting Go, Life and Death, Marriage, Yoga
Lately, hearing the word unprecedented has felt like a trigger. That and the word uncertain. I’ve been trying to figure out why I am so pushed by these words? Is it just the frequency that they are being used by politicians and newscasters? Or how they are...
