Written on March 28, 2010 at 12:53 am by

Wanderlust: A traveling single woman learns a lot about love

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“She dreams of mermaids and motorcycles and meeting a man who can dance.”

I met Jason by accident. While driving through Tralee, Ireland, I hit a curb, which resulted in a flat tire and left my friend and me stranded on the side of the road. We were two women in a strange country without a spare when a four-door sedan pulled up. If this were a John Grisham thriller, the story would take a turn for the worse and end with the neighbors testifying in front of a jury that they saw nothing but an abandoned car when they woke the next morning.

But this isn’t fiction — this is Ireland…

Read more from my column in The Boston Globe Magazine

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  1. Patrick Maguire says:
    March 30, 2010 at 6:34 pm

    I really enjoyed this piece. You had me at, “But this isn’t fiction – this is Ireland.”

    I agree that we need to be open to opportunity and opportunity. Closed people are missing out on so much.

    Thank you for sharing. -PM

  2. brian says:
    April 13, 2010 at 1:59 pm

    I love reading your writings – I only hope that the guys that you wrote about read them as well!

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