Category: Second Chapters
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Quarantine Chronicles Part 9 – Casa De Coco – From Africa to Mexico
From the Divorce/Pandemic 2020 journals (9 of 9 posts) Sept. 12/2020 Staring out at the Indian Ocean from Tembo Hotel in Zanzibar. Ready to leave. Emotional. I’m a different person after six weeks in Africa. “Mama Simba”. Strong, confident, powerful, nurturing, protective. I have received more love, respect and care here than from many people…
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Quarantine Chronicles Part 8 – Casa de Coco – (Before Africa)
From Quarantine Cottage to Casa de Coco… New Beginnings (from the Divorce/Pandemic 2020 journals) July 4, 2020 America’s birthday is our first night in the new cottage/casa. With whimsical creatures, from armless dolls to red birds in the chandelier, a tin man and a creepy Pinocchio like creature, wooden ducks, a rubber chicken, mannequins in…
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Quarantine Chronicles Part 7 – “Claws On Wood”, a Lockdown Nightmare
From the 2020 Quarantine Chronicles Journals – as if a Divorce and a Pandemic wasn’t enough! Day 23 – 5:00 am Quarantine Nightmares Had conquered the first nightly round of insomnia, until what did my horrified ears hear, but the sound of deep claws on wood. I lay there a moment, thinking surely I was…
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Quarantine Chronicles Part 6 – Ode to the Cottage, Moving On
(From the Lockdown Journals 2020 – “Quarantine Cottage” temporary home in a pandemic and a divorce; part 6 of 9 parts) May 21, 2020 From Quarantine Cottage: Horrible attorney emails. No divorce! Grrr. Negative hometown vibes – AT&T (another divorce issue, getting my phone number unentwined from Ex), dealing with my storage unit, my parents…
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Quarantine Chronicles Part 5 – Backyard Graduation and Mother’s Day
Backyard Graduation and Mother’s Day (From the Journals 2020s in a pandemic and divorce) May 2020 – Time is up at Quarantine Cottage. In a pandemic, and a divorce, have to find a new place to live. Visited Casa de Coco, a dreamy new potential. Loretta got a new job. Went to family home, full…
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Quarantine Chronicles – Part 3 Proud Mama, Virtual Graduations during Lockdown 2020
(From the Lockdown 2020 journals, in a Divorce and a Pandemic) Quarantini Limontini, Mason Jars from Curbside Cocktails, Virtual Workouts and Labyrinths APRIL 2020 And… the lucky recipient of Quarantine Kim’s Lockdown Lowdown Virtual Happy Hour is…. Kozue! In London. (And now Happy Hour is 1:00 pm in order to accommodate London time!) I manifested…
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Quarantine Chronicles Part 4 – Lockdown Reflections, Heat Wave, Fashions, Triskelion Necklace
From the Journals, April 2020, Lockdown in a divorce and pandemic Quarantine Cottage continued during lockdown in a divorce and pandemic. Ways to pass the time constructively: Day 29 Black bean cans instead of Wine Weight Wednesday. Bit of a mishap this morning in my Lockdown Home Gym whereby my mason jar of water (from…
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Quarantine Chronicles Part 2 – Never Would I Ever…
(From the journals April 2020, part 2 of 9; in the middle of a divorce and a pandemic) From International Globetrotting to Lockdown, Santa Barbara Style Pre Lockdown Never Would I Ever: Eat spicy chicharrones (fried pork fat), but damn they’re goodCook bacon, and then eggs in the bacon sizzling fat = deliciousDo push ups to Leona…
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Quarantine Chronicles Part 1 Lockdown
Lockdown. March 2020. Leaving U.K. for 14 Days Self-Isolation in California (from the journals) March 2020. Upon my unexpected lockdown return from Scotland, when the world shut down, I isolated for the required 14 days in a Bed & Breakfast by myself in downtown Santa Barbara (as during the divorce proceedings, Ex was hunkered down in…
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Zanzibar Dreams – Part 6 – A Local Wedding
(September 2020, from my journals. Last post of Africa, mid-Pandemic, mid-divorce.) See previous post: https://secondchapternomad.blog/2023/04/03/zanzibar-dreams-part-5-the-music-video-and-a-dhow-to-nakupenda-island/ https://www.expedia.com/shop/second-chapter-nomad/africa (small commission if booked through me) Dress Shopping for Wedding When your hotel housekeeper invites you to her sister’s Muslim Zanzibar wedding, you have one of your favorite waiters from your hotel (Is-Hak, same one who took me on…