KELLY'S GONE AGAIN
…AND HERE'S WHERE I'M AT.Archive for USA
#58. Big Sur: Going Back to Cali
One of the [few] things I love about moving is the discovery process (or, for my Type A’ers, re-discovery). Restoring memories from old photos, reliving favorite stories from old books, playing CDs burned years before but never titled. While unearthing some mystery music, one song in particular called out, “wouldn’t it be good if we could hop a flight to anywhere??” And I thought, “why yes, it would.”
The next day, I woke up in California.
#55. Washington, D.C.: Trading Peru for Temporary Permanence
We need to talk. I think I owe you an explanation. If you’ve been reading lately, you know I’m still considering where to live next. You know that I’ve returned from the Best Year Ever, and you’ve probably figured out that the title “Kelly’s Gone Again” doesn’t seem as zingy when I’m, well, here.
You may also know that I was seriously considering keeping it up and, for example, making a little life in Lima. What better way to spend the rest of 2009 than setting up shop in Peru and joining a maternity clinic I’d found to expand my interests in all things baby-related, right? Well…
#54. New York City: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful
I write listening to the soundtrack of a very talented street musician playing his guitar as I look at the silver skyline of my favorite city. Oh, New York, I do love you.
