Austin to Africa, Brasil to the Bay

At the pace and depth I'm going, it's probably more accurate to say I'll be writing a series! :) I've been working consistently for the last two years, despite moving continents yet again and b...

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 Except not here - although this is such a sentimental place for me, and where I met so many of you, dear friends. You can find me at my new virtual home, www.aliambrosio.com Much love from ...

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On February 12th, 2019 at 6:41 in the morning, I experienced the greatest origin there is - the arrival of our daughter after 26 long hours of unmedicated labor. Life changed in an instant wi...

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This year I have torn through the books (in paper, not digital, I just can't with the e-readers). Reading brought relief when grieving the loss of my pregnancy with Baby AB, relaxation while on t...

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My first time in Grand Central Station. Looking down while Roberto looks up through the lens. Several weeks ago Roberto and I went to New York to visit my cousin Anders. While there we went ...

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I just watched the South African film "Catching Feelings" by director-actor Kagiso Lediga. It came up as a suggestion on Netflix and I jumped on it. The cinematography left me with massive no...

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A bit late, but better than never! Happy belated birthday to my Mama, and Happy Mother's Day as well. We had a great time celebrating her bday at a local nursery called Annie's Annuals. It's a li...

http://ali2africa.blogspot.com/2018/05/belated-mom-love.html

Sunset from Hawaii's Big Island, understanding what this next phase is all about. If moving to Mozambique was Book One, moving to California and starting art school was Book Two, then this i...

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My life right now! I am working on a custom tanzanite and white gold ring for a client-friend. It is a piece for her daughter, using a stone bought when my client was in Tanzania a decade ago, a ...

http://ali2africa.blogspot.com/2018/03/tractors-and-translating-and-tanzanite.html

About two weeks ago I moved out of my mom's house (temporary home base for the last 18 months) and into a new apartment with my partner. I'm so relieved to have found a place that is safe, decent...

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It's been a year since I last wrote here. Often I've had the urge to come back and chronicle what's been going on in my life, but while this is my favorite space for writing, it also felt st...

http://ali2africa.blogspot.com/2017/11/more-endings-and-more-beginnings.html

I a home in California after nearly a month traveling. My itinerary included New Mexico (Valencia County and Albuquerque), Texas (Houston and Austin), and Mexico (Playa del Carmen and Tulum). The...

http://ali2africa.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-quiet-moments.html

Today I swam into the ocean, going further out than I ever have before. I used to be afraid of the water, afraid of the waves, afraid of being at the mercy of a force so much greater than ...

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I'm in New Mexico for a week, enjoying some time observing life in the place where I grew up. Here are some of the moments that have stood out to me about Los Lunas and Valencia County, the p...

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All I want to do lately is dance salsa, bachata and kizomba. It's definitely been my remedy these past several months, the activity that has allowed me to find myself and connect with others...

http://ali2africa.blogspot.com/2016/09/my-dance-story.html

Lines and curves, about to get on a plane. Headed to Italy but Niemeyer on the brain. // Linhas e curvas, indo pegar um avião. Rumo à Itália mas com Niemeyer na cabeça.   It has been su...

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 Quality assurance try-on before delivery of a client's heirloom necklace and earrings I built out with gemstone drops.

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Carolyn and I had a great pop-up on Saturday, attended by friends, family, and lots of new faces. Thank you to everyone who came out. I'm emerging from a period of severe burn-out, and it's a w...

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A couple weeks ago my mom and I took a road trip starting in the Bay Area and passing through some of the most beautiful deserts and mountains in the Western US. We needed to clean out a storage ...

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After five days of wearing invisalign, I feel slightly better than I did on day one. The hardest part is the social aspect of not being able to go out for extended eats and drinks. I also miss nu...

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Today I started treatment with invisalign. My dentist recommended it not for aesthetic reasons,  rather for functional/health reasons(although I do have crooked teeth because I didn't properly w...

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This song just hit me hard. Driving up the hill in Point Richmond after spending the evening at the gallery with my friend Carolyn and brainstorming jewelry stuff for our show, and for our lives...

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Last week I house sat for Rico while he was in India for business. It was wonderful to spend time with the cats (he has all three of them, which makes me feel like a bad cat mom for "abandoni...

http://ali2africa.blogspot.com/2016/07/leaving-home.html

  News out of Nice is horrific. I can feel myself becoming tragedy-saturated, and with this comes a numbing of the senses, dulled reactions, a sick feeling that it's all too far away and nothi...

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