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Low Expectations, Pleasantly Surprised

January 4, 2026 Rogers Abroad

I do not walk into most experiences expecting to be delighted. This feels like a reasonable life strategy. It keeps disappointment low and makes it

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My Birthday Celebration at Mambo Beach

May 19, 2021 Rogers Abroad

Luckily the lockdown was lifted just in time to celebrate year 45 on the beach! Now was the difficult decision to choose which one –

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Beach Day at Playa Porto Mari

December 29, 2019 Rogers Abroad

We chose this beach because of the promise of white sandy beaches, snack shops, easy accessibility, and large pigs! Yup – pigs. Playa Porto Mari

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A friend came into town this week, one of those friendships that feels like a quiet gift in your life. We grabbed lunch at Panera because we mostly just wanted to sit and talk. It was freezing, so we went looking for coffee somewhere warm. I am not a Starbucks person. Burned beans and high prices are not my thing. The rest of the day in New Braunfels was a good reminder that places don’t have to be perfect to be fun. Went to New Braunfels this weekend to see the oldest and ended up having lunch at Naturally in Gruene. Definitely a place we’ll return to. While in Los Lunas, my colleague and I ate at The Range Café, a local spot just around the corner from the school we were working at. It was so good and so delightfully quirky that we came back again on day two. Second visit to Annapurna World Vegetarian Café, and it confirmed what I already knew. This is not everyone’s cup of tea, but it is very much mine. Thirty minutes between Albuquerque and Los Lunas, and the kind of sky and mountains that slow everything down without asking. January 2.
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EMS ambulance already waiting in the gym parking lot. Last night Cody and I celebrated 25 years of marriage. Somehow I have now officially been married longer than I was single, which feels strange and grounding all at once. Netflix filiming in #newmexico … couldn’t go in … but we scouted the outside. #travel #sightseeing
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