The Perennial Immigrant

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Reflections of a 60+-year-old traveler who left her old life behind and is living in Portugal for adventures yet to be.

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About Maria Anderson

โ€œOh but I was so much older then, Iโ€™m younger than that now.โ€ -- Bob Dylan This describes my life in my late sixties; always be the perennial immigrant, crossing borders of time, space, and place.

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