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When You're Home but Can't Go Home
From the air, LA is a massive grid of never-ending sprawling lights. I remember the first time I saw it, a 22-year-old kid, face pressed...
Suzanne Casamento
Apr 13, 20222 min read
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My Chronic Lyme Disease Healing Journey
In 2012, I moved into a little beach shack right across the street from the ocean. It was kind of junky, but I didn't care. Walks on the...
Suzanne Casamento
Apr 8, 20225 min read
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High School in the 80’s: Weren’t We All “The Basketcase?”
“I can’t believe you’re actually here, in front of me, in the flesh.” Cathy stands, eyes wide, smiling big, a few feet away from the...
Suzanne Casamento
Mar 21, 20225 min read
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The Journey
It’s like this We come from the same place The same time Yet nothing is the same Somewhere along the way, we divided Split lives,...
Suzanne Casamento
Mar 14, 20221 min read
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Blending Dividing Lines at Pride Mountain Wines
“That line you’re standing on divides Sonoma and Napa counties,” Andy says. I stand with one foot in each county and look out over the...
Suzanne Casamento
Mar 3, 20224 min read
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Sonoma County: More Than Just Wine
Dear Sonoma County, I came up with a new tagline for you: More Than Just Wine. You're welcome. Suzanne Every time I mention my digital...
Suzanne Casamento
Feb 18, 20222 min read
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What Footloose Taught Us About Banning Books
Remember that scene in Footloose where Ariel and her preacher father, Reverend Shaw Moore, are in the church and she yells, "I'm not even...
Suzanne Casamento
Feb 10, 20223 min read
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Lessons From the Redwood Forest
Yesterday, as I walked among giant redwood trees, I was surprised to learn that despite their ability to grow to hundreds of feet tall,...
Suzanne Casamento
Jan 31, 20221 min read
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Why Sensitivities Are a Gift
I talk to a lot of people about my journey with Lyme disease and chronic illness. I learned so much during my healing journey and I feel...
Suzanne Casamento
Jan 22, 20221 min read
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Change: Prickly or Beautiful?
This natural cactus fencing can be found all over Bonaire. Like many other things, it could be considered prickly or beautiful. It all...
Suzanne Casamento
Jan 4, 20222 min read
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I Gotta Have Faith
My biggest lesson this year (and of the last several years) is to have faith. When after getting rid of everything I owned except for...
Suzanne Casamento
Dec 30, 20212 min read
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Integrating All That I Have Gathered
When I decided to leave Bonaire, my psychic medium friend, Amanda Brown texted me, “Do you need me to pull some cards for you?” (You...
Suzanne Casamento
Dec 23, 20212 min read
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How I Got So Woo Woo
In 2014, I got dumped. I was blindsided. I thought we were going to be together forever. He had told me he was unhappy over the phone (we...
Suzanne Casamento
Dec 17, 20216 min read
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Read&Write Interview: Live from Dublin
While having a blast following the fun people around Ireland, I had the pleasure of doing an author interview with Deb Ziebarth of the...
Suzanne Casamento
Dec 8, 20211 min read
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How "The StepPeople" Became My First Published Story
When I was at Emerson College, I took a course called "Writing for Magazines." This was back when magazines had real pages and paid good...
Suzanne Casamento
Dec 1, 20213 min read
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Manifesting My Prince
Before I left Bonaire, I realized that I wanted to integrate the things I love most into my travels, so I decided I would begin...
Suzanne Casamento
Nov 23, 20211 min read
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Travel Rule: Hang Out With the Hurling Team
“You need to go out onto the patio!” A small young woman bounces up to me and L at a pub in Adare, Ireland. Adare already feels like a...
Suzanne Casamento
Nov 8, 20214 min read
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Travel Rule: Help Each Other
"Did you know the International Bar is the oldest pub in Dublin?" A woman cuddling a small white dog on the bench next to us asks. "No,"...
Suzanne Casamento
Nov 1, 20212 min read
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Travel Rule: Say "Yes" (To Everything But Shots)
"Me raro seewo inklo Guinness!" A 20-something guy shouts over the music at Quays in Galway, Ireland. He leans toward me. I lean back,...
Suzanne Casamento
Oct 27, 20213 min read
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Travel Rule: Follow The Fun People
As I travel, I'm starting to create a list of rules. In Bonaire, when my luggage was lost, I learned the first rule: If It Doesn't Fit in...
Suzanne Casamento
Oct 22, 20213 min read
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