PinnedConnie OttmannMy First Time Visiting a Foreign Country … Was Around the Corner and Up the Street.In my young mind, it couldn’t have been more exotic or more intimate.·5 min read·Aug 15, 2023--1--1
PinnedConnie OttmannThe Lonely Space of MemoryRevisiting the lake of my youth, will life ever again be this happy, this good?·3 min read·Aug 24, 2021--3--3
PinnedConnie OttmannWho Knew Spreading My Father’s Ashes Could Be So Much Fun.It was the perfect tribute.·4 min read·Oct 28, 2021----
PinnedConnie OttmannHow “Nomadland”Wandering Can Make You Happy and Young AgainThe nomadic instinct is a human instinct — Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad·4 min read·May 11, 2021----
Connie OttmanninILLUMINATIONRevenge Porn, The Revenge Dress, Trump Revenge — Robins Are Getting Even Too.It all started while tenants were renting my house.4 min read·1 day ago--1--1
Connie OttmanninILLUMINATIONA Day of Small Discoveries“The world is full of magic things patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper. “Yeats·3 min read·Mar 5, 2024----
Connie OttmanninILLUMINATIONI Don’t Want To Buy Myself Flowers!Or Write my name (alone) in the sand.·3 min read·Feb 12, 2024--5--5
Connie OttmanninILLUMINATIONWelcome To Life Stripped Down.What I felt for a long time was deprivation, is now a blessing in (dis) a new guise.·6 min read·Jan 20, 2024----
Connie OttmanninILLUMINATIONLife Is Absurd: Why It’s Essential to Navigate It with a Sense of the Ridiculous.The song of life can have a heavy refrain: Life’s a bitch and then you die.·5 min read·Dec 12, 2023--2--2