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Continue reading →: February Feasts with old friends and newI’d like to have the pleasure of introducing you to a new player who has entered the garden cat game. This is The Phantom of the Opera for obvious reasons. You can call him The Phantom for short. Word on the street (or uh, village road) is that the neighbors…
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Continue reading →: February already?I am torn between feelings of “how did that happen” and “fucking finally” after January seemed to last at least 94 days, most of which were fairly terrible. I heard a rumor that there was a flu going around after Christmas, and I made the executive decision to book a…
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Continue reading →: I know what I did last summerI seem to remember that I have a blog and want to come have a little chat whenever I’m feeling a little down, which is an unfair representation of my life, but oh well! Cezara and I got back from a girls’ trip to Italy last week that really broke…
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Continue reading →: All I wanna do is eat donuts at the beachImagine you’re on a beach on Crete on a Saturday morning. You got there a little earlier than usual because it’s the weekend and you want to score a good lounger. You get your shit set up and put in an order for a smoothie, but something is still missing…
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Continue reading →: Spring of Loss, Summer of BabesOops, I did it again. Right after my last post, it became increasingly obvious that our cat Bowie was ready to head on over to another plane of existence. Euthanizing a pet here on Crete is an experience. I have other shit to talk about today, but it wasn’t fun…
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Continue reading →: Easter on CreteAlright friends, we have officially survived both birthday season and our first Greek Easter. I thought carnival, at the start of Lent, was strange and wonderful. Of course they don’t mess around when it comes to closing events. I was not prepared mentally or physically for last weekend. Am I…
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Continue reading →: My big fat Greek birthdayYou know the parties are getting out of hand when your teenage son is excited to have several days off from them. It seems like a lot of my new friends were born around now, and a birthday party is a party I won’t miss if I can help it.…
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Continue reading →: Felix’s birthday weekWell, well, well. It seems that we have survived Felix’s birthday week. I can’t believe my little baby is already 19. After taking it pretty easy for several weeks, we were back to village karaoke last Monday. It hadn’t happened for a couple weeks, and it was time to check…
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Continue reading →: This post is like the soup you make when you clean out your fridgeThe last month or so has been as busy as it has been lazy. I’ve gotten very behind on updates, which made me not want to post at all. So today’s special is a bunch of random shit I haven’t posted about yet. The biggest contributor to my laziness is…
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Continue reading →: Albania randomsI have straight up not been having a great time, my friends. I have been having good times, but in general, not great. My first cold in years lingered, my neck hurt when I coughed, I got my period, and then, just when I thought I was feeling better, I…
Hello,
I’m Ashley
Come get lost with me on the island of Crete in Greece! My family moved here in May of 2024, and I wanted to share our adventures and misadventures as well as information on our moving process.
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