I don’t do a lot of product reviews on this blog. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever done one before. But when I got an email from QuietOn about their tiny, noise-canceling earbuds, I thought, “This is relevant to my interests.” I live next door to an apartment building with spring-loaded metal doors. I have a teenager who lives life out loud – even in her sleep. And my youngest child loves telling the story of the time they were afraid to come downstairs because they mistook my husband’s snoring for a growling bear. I’ve tried ear plugs, but I hate them. So, I tried QuietOn earbuds. Here’s how that worked out for me.
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KEX Deck
It’s just a wooden platform facing the alley behind a youth hostel. But the deck at KEX in Reykjavik holds so many wonderful memories for me. It’s usually the first thing I see as I set out on a new day’s adventure when I visit Iceland. On warmer days, I’ve curled up on benches there reading my guidebook or journaling. It’s where I’ve struck up conversations with strangers and listened to bands when the building was filled to capacity. And I think the last time I sat around with friends just chatting over drinks was on the KEX deck. You could almost say it’s a real life place that feels like Tiffany’s.
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Published in November 2020
I’m certainly not the first person to comment on how strangely time passes during the pandemic, but I might be the most confused by why it should be so. As a freelancer who works from home, the landscape of my life is still my laptop, my days spent at my desk keeping track of deadlines and kids’ schedules. But I’m as surprised as anyone to find that another month has passed, and I have new published articles to share.
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The Life Aquatic
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou lives on a short list of stories I turn to when I need to feel like everything is going to be okay. That’s a feeling I always have when I visit Iceland. So naturally, the two go together in my head.
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Here’s Lookin at You
I’ve never quite gotten used to keeping prey animals as pets. I keep forgetting that when they are “looking straight at you” they probably aren’t looking at you at all. You can only make eye contact with a rabbit when they give you the side eye.