WHERE'S JUANA?

Reflections of an Accidental Nomad

Jan Baumgartner

Jan Baumgartner
Location
Limbo
Birthday
August 02
Company
only if you can make me laugh
Bio
A native Californian, Jan Baumgartner is a writer and book editor dividing her time between Maine, Mexico, and California. Her essays on Mexico are included in the new anthology, Solamente en San Miguel Volume II (Parroquia Press, Nov. 2010), and Lady Jane Miscellany (San Francisco Bay Press, 2009). She is a frequent contributor to Banderas News in Puerto Vallarta, OpEdNews.com, and Scoop New Zealand. Her background includes scriptwriting, comedy writing for the No. California Emmy Awards, and travel writing for The New York Times. She has worked as a grant writer for the non-profit sector in the fields of academia, AIDS, and wildlife conservation for NGO's in the U.S. and Africa. She is working on a memoir about her husband's death from ALS and how travels in Africa became one of her greatest sources of inspiration. "There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." ~Anais Nin. Or on a lighter note: "Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon." ~Woody Allen

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January 03, 2011 08:42PM
“Great article and I share your views. I'm afraid we will never know what real, honest aging looks like as those of us in the raw are becoming the minor…”
About: Another Face Bites the Dust
April 23, 2010 02:21PM
“As always, your photographs are inspiring and life-affirming. Such a joy; thank you!”
About: Canadian Goose's Long Island Weekend with Horses Pix
February 15, 2010 06:02PM
“Wow! Fantastic photo essay. Istanbul in on the top of my list for new places to travel; I hear it is an excellent city for solo women travelers. In my…”
About: Istanbul Faces the Night :-) Europe's 2010 Cultural Capital
December 03, 2009 06:16PM
“She may be onto something -- "Bisexuality immediately doubles your chances for a date on Saturday night." Woody Allen. And since when is 62…”
About: Heteros: Enough is Enough, Riot Over Meredith Baxter-Birney
November 26, 2009 06:19PM
“One of my favorites and how my husband and I lived: "Love has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward…”
About: The Meaning of Love
November 25, 2009 11:20PM
“Timely, as my life has crossed with both a narcissist and a sociopath in the last few years; amazing, I suppose, that I went so long w/o meeting any. Y…”
About: NARCISSISM--disease of bloggers, executives, and sarah palin
November 24, 2009 11:36PM
“Thank you, all. It is always heartening to know that some will read pieces about disease and death, loss. I've found that most are unwilling to "g…”
About: love.
November 24, 2009 05:31PM
“Happy Thanksgiving, Shiela. This will be my eighth solo, without John. Can't say it gets easier, it just gets different. Always listen to yourself on t…”
About: What Being Single Really Means.
November 24, 2009 04:57PM
“Thank you. I was feeling a bit melancholy after posting this until I read your latest, specifically The Pearl Onion Gag Reflux (good title, I think),…”
About: love.
November 24, 2009 04:15PM
“So few words never packed such a punch. Poignant and lovely. To being home ~”
About: The last goodbye.
November 18, 2009 11:38PM
“Thank you. And indeed, angst appears to be a furry little animal not to be toyed with.”
About: The Beard
November 10, 2009 11:39PM
“It is a rental garden, not to say I rented the garden and brought it to the house, but the property is a rental, which includes the garden. It is old,…”
About: The Heart is a Fickle Little Muscle
November 10, 2009 10:22PM
“Beats me, but thank God we're not retaining them 'cuz if we thought water weight gain was bad, can you imagine?”
About: The Heart is a Fickle Little Muscle
April 08, 2009 08:23PM
“LOL ~ wasn't in the mood for laughing, but hey, you gotta do what you gotta do. Alas, tweezer mania is not my cup of tea for I have discovered an adva…”
About: Ode to My ... Tweezer(s)!
April 06, 2009 09:04PM
“I wish I had those shoes! And yes, I'm glad Lupita is still hanging around, too. Thanks ~ Jan”
About: Lupita Checking Out: Day of the Dead & The Scorpion Queen
April 06, 2009 06:18PM
“Chris, great thread. While a bit off topic, your post made me wonder about an action deemed inapproriate by some, unethical by others. As a managing…”
About: Being Pressured to do the Wrong Thing in the Workplace: Some Advice
February 23, 2009 11:21PM
“My thoughts would be do what feels right or best for the person who has suffered the loss of a loved one. Each person needs something different. I w…”
About: The Etiquette of Death