Marta  Wiggins

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...

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...

This weekend, my first friend from kindergarten posted something I thought was incredibly intolerant about not making Muslims in American...

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...

Last month, I returned to Idabel for about 10 days to spend time with my mother. Our recent conversations left me feeling concerned...

​​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...

Traveling up north on the Shinkansen, stilted conversation punctuated extended bouts of silence. I would never have an easy relationship...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

Growing up, Sunday mornings in my house meant my dad coming home from Saturday night patrol, eating breakfast while recounting the events...

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...

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...

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,...

​ ​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...

​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...

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...