Author: Natasha
Holiday Gift Guides – My Favorite Items from Title Nine
A few years back, a friend referred me to be a fit tester for Title Nine. She was told they needed adventurous and active people who spend a lot of time in, on, or around water, so she naturally thoug... Read More
HAH! Bingo (Holidays Are Hard!) 2023 Version
It’s time for me to be real honest. Although my community might see me wearing a hand-crocheted Santa hat or an oversized bulky holiday sweater with a dinosaur or R2D2, this time of year is real... Read More
Holiday Gift Guides – 10 Items I Bring On Every Trip!
This is the first of three, or more, holiday gift guides I will be sharing with you all here on Dirt & Tears! Note that everything on the list below is something I have paid for myself or received... Read More
Non-Profits That Supported Dirt & Tears This Year!
This Giving Tuesday, I have the fantastic opportunity to share with you all the specific non-profits who have financially supported this business and my career this year, by either sponsoring an Adult... Read More
Top 10 Things I Learned in Italy
Advice from a traveler who planned/prepped nothing and therefore left everything up to a total surprise. 1. Acqua Frizzante vs Acqua Gassata I swear, at some point, I realized that one of these gave y... Read More
Swollen Eyelids
This morning I woke up with my one swollen upper eyelid. The left side, like it matters. Per usual, when sleeping somewhere beautiful, I peered out the window to a pre-sunrise pink glow and wrestled t... Read More
Travel Transitions
I keep having this thought in the back of my mind like I am heading home tomorrow. Maybe because that was the original plan. The easy plan. The one my overwhelmed mind originally chose. Both my romant... Read More
Speaking the Language
We’re riding the train from Milano a Firenze. It’s clean, with comfortable grey seats. Little pods of four facing one another, and these cute little tables in between that fold out to full... Read More