Unexpected Beauty
One of the reasons I love photography is that it sharpens awareness of my surroundings. I see rather than just observe. Here is an...
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Marta Wiggins
Apr 4, 20193 min read
A Dose of Patience
We have had an unusually wet and cold-ish winter in LA this year. A Saturday off last month, as I had my coffee deciding what to so, the...
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Marta Wiggins
Apr 4, 20191 min read
When Dreams Take Flight
Gather up your dreams And cast them wide For when dreams take flight Possibilities abound Doubt slinks away When dreams take flight...
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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
Apr 1, 20196 min read
Today We Have a New Tax: Part I
April 1, 1989 I landed at Narita Airport with a one-way ticket on a rainy evening. I had a total of $300 in my pocket--not enough to get...
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Marta Wiggins
Mar 27, 20191 min read
It Only Takes a Moment
Plum blossoms are among my favorites. In the dreary cold of winter, they push their way into world bringing vibrance and color to a...
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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
Nov 22, 20183 min read
Devastation
Yesterday, I travelled to the Woolsey burn area to help at a Disaster Assistance Center (DAC). I arrived in the morning, not exactly...
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Marta Wiggins
Nov 19, 20182 min read
Hello
Day 1 Redux: I missed yesterday so the rules of the game says that I need to start over again. Why did I set such crazy rules for...
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Marta Wiggins
Nov 17, 20182 min read
The Beauty of Imperfection
Today, I am celebrating the individual. Those of us who stand out as our own. Often called quirky, often pressured to conform. Some of...
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Marta Wiggins
Nov 16, 20181 min read
A Thanksgiving Feast
The 3rd Thursday of each month sees me starting the day with a Library Managers meeting and end it 13 hours later stacking chairs after...
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Marta Wiggins
Nov 15, 20182 min read
Visions of Cat Nip
Cats have a way of worming themselves into our hearts. Misha is no exception. He is a funny big galumph of a cat with a scratchy yowling...
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Marta Wiggins
Nov 11, 20183 min read
Los Angeles' Fire Problem
This morning, I awoke to a red dawn with a ringed sun tinged from the smoke of the fires raging through LA. One prevalent feature of...
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Marta Wiggins
Aug 7, 20183 min read
Through My Eyes
My first camera was a Kodak Instamatic that I got for either Christmas or my birthday when I was 13 years old. I loved taking photos and...
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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
May 6, 20183 min read
Profile: Anka Zhuravleva: Artist
When I lived in Hiroshima, I wrote both a day trip column Tripping Out as well as an interview style column called On the Couch with......
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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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