As good as it gets? You’ll have to decide
When it came out in 1997, I really liked the movie “As Good as It Gets.”
The story was good, the acting solid. Predictable and not terribly realistic, but it’s a movie — not real life.
The American: Does nationality matter when you live in…
I am the American.
When I planned to move to Portugal, I knew people I met would want to know where I was from. That’s simple curiosity. However, I wasn’t prepared to be “the American.”
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Palm trees: Visitors and natives see things differently
Whenever I visit somewhere new, I often am reminded that while I’m a visitor, other people live here.
Outside my window, palm trees wave in the wind.
Try to find that in Wisconsin. Florida or California yes, but not where I grew up and spent most of my adult life.
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In mourning for Notre Dame; Carmo shows possibility
I put on my black dress and fastened my Eiffel Tower necklace, in mourning for Notre Dame.
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