My Father's Daughter
On Father's Day we honor fathers and the role they play in our lives. I was fortunate to have had a loving and kind father. That isn't...
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Marta Wiggins
Jun 10, 20191 min read
Finding Paradise
Birds of Paradise always evoke Hawaii in my mind. Of course they do, they are by their very name a symbol of a tropical paradise. I...
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Marta Wiggins
Jun 3, 20193 min read
On Love & Compassion
This weekend, my first friend from kindergarten posted something I thought was incredibly intolerant about not making Muslims in American...
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Marta Wiggins
May 30, 20193 min read
A Vegas Tradition
I go to Vegas once or twice a year with a dear friend. We see a show, eat too much, shop and contribute to the continued health of the...
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Marta Wiggins
May 13, 20194 min read
Photos of home
Last month, I returned to Idabel for about 10 days to spend time with my mother. Our recent conversations left me feeling concerned...
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Marta Wiggins
Apr 27, 20195 min read
A Little Hiccup in My Life
I have never been the most graceful dancer in the ballet, but what I lack in poise, I generally make up in sheer non-stop activity. My...
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Marta Wiggins
Apr 3, 20195 min read
Perhaps I Will Die, Intro Japan Part II
Traveling up north on the Shinkansen, stilted conversation punctuated extended bouts of silence. I would never have an easy relationship...
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Marta Wiggins
Mar 26, 20195 min read
An Abundance of Fortunes
The years I spent in Japan walk along side me every day at the ready to prompt memories. I spent 7 years spanning a decade with about a...
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Marta Wiggins
Jan 24, 20198 min read
Serendipitous Course Corrections
Last night at book club we discussed Isabel Allende’s In the Midst of Winter. The basic premise of the book is that a chance car...
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Marta Wiggins
Aug 6, 20186 min read
Pachinko--More Than a Book Review
It took me several months before I put my name on the wait list for a copy of National Book Award Finalist title Pachinko by Min Jin Lee....
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Marta Wiggins
Mar 5, 20188 min read
Flash Back on Trippin' Out
Before I was a blogger, I wrote a day trip column for the the Expat English Language Magazine The Outsider. Last summer, I published one...
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Marta Wiggins
Mar 2, 20183 min read
On Writing
This month marks a decade, 10 years that I have been keeping a blog, this one and the I'm a Stranger Here, Too, that I traded in for...
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Marta Wiggins
Feb 26, 20184 min read
Fried Green Tomatoes
On Facebook today, a friend shared a photo post asking Who else loves fried green tomatoes? Share if you do. This reminded me of this...
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Marta Wiggins
Feb 11, 20186 min read
The Idabel Riot Remembered
Growing up, Sunday mornings in my house meant my dad coming home from Saturday night patrol, eating breakfast while recounting the events...
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Marta Wiggins
Oct 22, 20179 min read
Falling into the Orbit of a Predator
This story begins with Ai, a 20ish Japanese woman who was at the end of her 3 month part-time English studies. She planned to return to...
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Marta Wiggins
Oct 18, 20179 min read
My #MeToo Stories
I believe the woman without a #MeToo moment is the one that has lived cloistered away from society for her entire life. We have all had...
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Marta Wiggins
Sep 9, 20173 min read
By the Light of the Moon
For 11 days now, I have been house bound. Pain, has not been a major concern, in this I know I am fortunate. But. for the first 7 days,...
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Marta Wiggins
Aug 25, 20174 min read
Sleepwalking
Today, I started The Sleepwalker by Chris Bojalian. It is on the list of potential books to discuss at the book club in 2018. Since I...
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Marta Wiggins
Aug 7, 20175 min read
Sapphire Lucy Designs
Who is Sapphire Lucy? In short she is me. What is Sapphire Lucy Designs? Nothing fancy, just the name I use to credit my photography...
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Marta Wiggins
Jul 29, 20177 min read
Trippin' Out in Hiroshima
I spent much of the 1990's in Japan. My first trip was from April 1, 1989 to March 30, 1990. My second Japanese adventure was from...
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