Thank you friends and fans! Here is my final episode. It is a reading of a play that I wrote that summed up my dating experiences with match dot com. It was headed for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2020 before all the shit hit the fan. It will be produced one day soon at a theater near me. I'll update you on that one day.

Thanks for sharing this wild ride with me!

Please check out my other podcast fckshakespeare. And look out for my new one in 2024: 60something

The second half of our African adventure in 2004 took us to the Skeleton Coast and the crazy landscape of Namibia. It was a landscape you might see in a Star Wars movie.

I am also announcing that this will be the next to last episode. I am moving on to other projects and I tell you a bit about that in this episode too.

Thank you for all your support and love!

Mom and I took the kids on safari in the summer of 2004. We went on a tented safari - much more rustic than those glamping affairs they have nowadays. It was the trip of a lifetime! We shared many hours of animal sightings and wonderful evenings around the fire under African stars.

As my spring kicks off with adventures in theater, I wrap up my wonderful adventure in Portugal. Porto, Barcelos, Evora, Monsaraz and finally Lisbon. It was a blessing to spend concentrated time with my eldest child. I am forever grateful!

One door closes and another one opens, right? At least I'm back in the saddle and rehearsing a play!

Also you'll hear tales of my explorations of Portugal - visits to Sintra, Nazare, and Obidos to name a few. Wonderful!

I took my daughter to Portugal for two and a half weeks and we had some wonderful adventures. Here is a recording we made together of an insane ride up a mountainside to a tiny remote village called Aldeia do Candal. We were inspired to tell the story on the spot, so it's raw and unedited, but I hope you'll enjoy the spontaneity of it.

OK, well, technically two, but also one. The relationship lasted one year and we made love twice in that time. It was completely uncharacteristic of me to hang in that long with an unconsummated affair, so I should have known it was not for me much longer before I ended it. But when we're in the middle of something we can't always see it clearly.

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The Universe was sending me signals and temptations in the form of propositions from other quarters. Just when I was losing my mind with the intensity of a passion that was never consummated, I was being offered sex from many other sources. Would that solve the immediate problem? Or just make things more complicated?

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Do you ever write letters that you don't send? Perhaps as a "rehearsal" for a tough conversation? I find it a useful tool, and these letters are folded up and stuck into my journals all over the place. Here are some I did not send and some I sent to Simon and what resulted from them.

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Do you ever feel like life tosses you from highs to lows very quickly? I've had a few weeks like that lately, ranging from horrible evil to blissful happiness. It made me think of the Wheel of Fortune card in the Tarot. Nothing lasts forever. Try not to fight it.

I have a Patreon page! Please check it out. If you make a small pledge you'll get to see photos and clips from my journals and hear a bit more about some of the stories. This is a fun way that I can share visuals with you.

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If you want to hear more on any particular subject, or if you want to ask a question or simply connect, you can find me on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/dianathebard   or reach out on the website: bardofhudson.com