Skip to content
Tales from an Alien Interpreter

Tales from an Alien Interpreter

Personal stories about pottery and the arts, writing, self reflection, travel, and adventure.

  • About
Featured

Colombia, luscious land of lovely people and amazing fruit

I think I’m in love with Colombia. I mean, just look at these photos! The beauty here is easily 10 times greater than can be captured in a photo and I don’t know how to express this any clearer and in a way you could truly understand without going to Colombia yourself. Why Colombia? I’ll…

Read More
Featured

From Breaking to Adventuring: A Journey Through Morocco and Tips for Future Travelers

A dream deferred Back in June, I was on my way to Spain and Morocco when life literally tripped me up. I broke my leg on the plane, my dreams of adventure halted in their tracks. Five months of surgeries, immobility, and painful rehabilitation followed, but I never let go of that dream. With the…

Read More
Featured

Hammam Mouassine: The Not-Spa

This morning, Mary Beth and I walked through the winding streets of Marrakech to Hammam Mouassine, one of the oldest public baths in the city. If you’ve never been to a hammam before, let me clarify: this is not a spa. Forget serene playlists, fluffy robes, or overpriced herbal teas. A traditional hammam is raw,…

Read More
Featured

Pottery became my physical and emotional therapy

2024 was the hardest year of my life. On June 8 of this year, my life took an unexpected turn when I broke my leg in a freak accident on an airplane, just as I was setting off on what was supposed to be an unforgettable month-long adventure through Spain and Morocco. Instead, I found…

Read More
Featured

My name is Katrina and I am a potter

Pottery is something really special, I think everyone can agree with this. I’ve been making pottery for eighteen years now. I started in 2001 when I first moved to Florida, at a little city-operated public studio in Orlando. But I remember falling in love with clay when I was a small child roaming the hills and…

Read More
Featured

How to travel alone as a single woman

With a lifelong passion for travel, rooted in early experiences of isolation in a small town and a family trip to Jamaica, learn more about my evolution from someone afraid to wander out alone to a brave solo world traveler. After a transformative trip to Corsica, I embraced solo travel, learning to navigate and connect with others even while alone. I share practical tips for safe and enjoyable solo journeys, encouraging others to explore.

Hurricane Irma: The Aftermath

I survived Hurricane Irma without any damage… except for to my sense of mortality.

Thoughts of Pending Doom (and Hurricanes)

Living in Florida means living with hurricanes. I know things could be worse, but…

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts

Recent Posts

  • Colombia, luscious land of lovely people and amazing fruit April 6, 2025
  • From Breaking to Adventuring: A Journey Through Morocco and Tips for Future Travelers January 12, 2025
  • Hammam Mouassine: The Not-Spa December 29, 2024
  • Pottery became my physical and emotional therapy December 24, 2024
  • So many styles of pottery teapots September 19, 2020

Alien Interpretations

It’s about writing for a human audience. Learn more

Archives

  • April 2025
  • January 2025
  • December 2024
  • September 2020
  • June 2020
  • October 2019
  • August 2019
  • February 2019
  • December 2018
  • January 2018
  • November 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Tales from an Alien Interpreter
      • Join 37 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Tales from an Alien Interpreter
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...