Just Maria KV

I recently created my first substack accounts.

The Start of Maria in Non-Profit Arts and Interactve and Experiental Event Administration I think I updated this blog maybe four times in 2025 (maybe).

The Seattle Rep has long held a special place in my heart - see blog entry on that here: But like all relationships, there have been ups and downs The Seattle Rep Donor Lounge is taken over by Le Actors Am I Giving Too Much?

Letting the Force Be with Me Took on a completely different meaning this summer as I was hired to be FOH for an internationally touring show called the Empire Strips Back.

2024 Was A Year I‘m pretty sure we all felt it in some way, shape, or form.

Becoming a "Baby Geneologist" I have been in a bit of a dark hole of my own undoing for the a minute now, so I was beyond touched for the opportunity to join a group of geneologists for a week of research on my mothers side of the family.

Let me introduce you... to Rev.

Ever just listened to your heart?

Hi ✨ Maria Elizabeth Khadija Vandenburg here... and I'm going to bring you back to the closing party of...

Did any of you know that in August 2020, as part of my Executive MBA Program I did one of the most courageous things (that took a lot of...

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With the close of my contract position at the end of June, I had a summer full of travel.

My mother turned 75 on September 14th, and I told her that I would take her anywhere in the US....

You know, I forgot how much I find writing and updating this to be particularly therapeutic...

As of June 30th, 2023, my first contract position as a Program Manager at Microsoft will officially come to close.

The morning began with my very first Hot Air Balloon over the place where I would spend my afternoon in healing waters: Salt Lakes of...

If you would like to catch up on my recent adventures in Turkiye, we have the following: The Return to Istanbul The Land of Fine Horses:...

After two failed attempts in Cappddocia The first where the winds didnt work in our favor, and after a sunrise coffee... it was...

"Both Dark and Shadow are the Dance of Love" - Rumi This has been one of my favorite quotes FOR YEARS NOW.