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Mid-life Backpacking Adventures
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It’s late and it’s cold
It’s late and it’s cold
When I was a kid my mom would tell me my kisses were the best in the world. And I believed her, thinking there was something objectively…
Pola Zen
Oct 26, 2018
A memory from last year
A memory from last year
Last year we were invited to a Passover dinner at a friend of a friend’s house. We had been in New York for 10 days and in our apartment…
Pola Zen
Apr 27, 2018
The worst way to start a new year.
The worst way to start a new year.
My family usually reads my posts but this time they are busy trying to rescue people from the horrible earthquake rubble in Mexico. The…
Pola Zen
Sep 20, 2017
New York Ramblings
New York Ramblings
A couple of years ago I decided to stop listening to music I loved but brought me down. The first to go, or probably the one I missed the…
Pola Zen
Jun 16, 2017
And so it goes.
And so it goes.
It has been almost two months since I turned my life around again. It seems like my life has a lot of turning around. My house is almost at…
Pola Zen
May 20, 2017
The journey continues
The journey continues
I am writing this from my new (and still empty) apartment in Astoria, Queens, NY, US.
Pola Zen
Apr 15, 2017
Never say never
Never say never
This year I took a trip I never imagined I could take, I did something I promised myself never to do, and I am on the verge of something I…
Pola Zen
Dec 31, 2016
Prepare for rough landing
Prepare for rough landing
These two weeks since we got back have been, well, rough.
Pola Zen
Oct 1, 2016
Comfortably Numb? Absolutely not.
Comfortably Numb? Absolutely not.
In 24 hours we will be on a plane on our way back to where we flew out 6 months ago, scared, excited and not knowing what was in store…
Pola Zen
Sep 11, 2016
Mexico Lindo y Querido
Mexico Lindo y Querido
Coming back to Mexico is always very intense for me. The culture and colors are so beautiful I wish I wish I wish I were a part of them but…
Pola Zen
Sep 3, 2016
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