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Darya Mead

Figure Skating, Fiction and Food

How I’m Coping Post Election

17h ago

Figure Skating, Fiction and Food

17h ago

Reluctantly Maturing Gen Xer

Attempting to Age Well in a Fraying America

Jul 10

Reluctantly Maturing Gen Xer

Jul 10

Anaphylaxis on a Train to Brussels in 1985

I was heading to Brussels on a train to meet my best friend who was flying to visit me from her college on the East Coast. I grabbed a…

Feb 28

Young woman in a vintage dress, carrying a NIkon camera with a guitar strap under a metallic structure in Europe in the 1980s

Feb 28

A Wasp’s Life Spared

It’s a scorcher — not the romantic looking back at NYC in the 70’s, hydrants open, Good Humor Ice Cream cart, sprinklers, sundress and…

Jul 25, 2023

Lady in tub reading a book in a field

Jul 25, 2023

Royal Revelations

Coronation, Enthronement, Silver Polishing and Cherished Items

May 11, 2023

Royal Revelations

May 11, 2023

Dasha’s Soviet Day

I smoked cloves in the 80’s. I also wore a giant men’s coat, doc martens and always a big scarf, babushka style. When I got to college —…

Apr 5, 2023

Dasha’s Soviet Day

Apr 5, 2023

Joy Sparks Take Effort

Pandemic, Menopause, Empty Nesting; an atrocious trifecta

Feb 28, 2023

Joy Sparks Take Effort

Feb 28, 2023

Lyft-Off

How shepherding caterpillars into butterflies shaped this tragic week

May 29, 2022

Lyft-Off

May 29, 2022

HandMom Tales

Dystopian Days in the Republic of Gilead

May 5, 2022

HandMom Tales

May 5, 2022

The Stench of Mom

How two positive turns of events helped salvage a senior year of High School

Dec 22, 2021

The Stench of Mom

Dec 22, 2021

Darya Mead

Darya Mead

Writer, Producer, Media Manager and Mom in San Francisco, Darya writes about travel, parenting, food and health and wellness for TV, print, and online outlets.

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