Author: Maria Meier

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13 May

The edges of the old black and white photo now curl upwards. Its shape is a square, making it difficult to find a frame that...

20 Mar

 Happy Birthday, Me! Well, it’s not really my birth day, but March 20, 2017 was the day that I sent an email to a number of...

17 Mar

Happy new year! No, this is not a long lost blog post that I did not get around to putting up in January.  Rather, today...

01 Jan

Welcome to 2018! Has it been everything you expected? This past year was such a tough one in so many different ways, and I have seen...

19 Dec

Christmas was always well-celebrated in my home, and since the time I was very small, I knew that presents were opened on Christmas Day only...

19 Oct

The other day, as I walked into a local supermarket, I nearly tripped over a display of large pots of marigolds seasonally marketed for Day...

15 Oct

A couple of weeks ago I was asked to give advice to a group of young professionals on how to think about their careers, here...

16 Jan

To kick off 2016, I have taken on a challenge that I have been considering for a couple of years now – getting certified to...

30 Oct

Tis the season for the emergence from the grave of vampires, witches, and sexy nurses. As a person of Mexican heritage, I find it fascinating...