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The highlight of my day yesterday was finding the persimmon tree that we somehow managed to walk past for the last two weeks without ever...
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- Sep 19
- 5 min
Chapter 33
It’s been almost 3 months since I’ve been on the road, out of a job, doing my sabbatical or gap year, travelling, enjoying life … free....
- Jul 19
- 2 min
Rest
I've been back in Florida for 2 weeks and the hot question on everybody's mind is: where to next? It's almost put me in as much of a...
- Mar 12
- 3 min
What goes up, must come down
Better late than never. I really had no expectations for my trip to visit my brother for Christmas. I’d always wanted to go to Colorado,...
- Aug 14, 2022
- 3 min
And then what
There’s no easy way to follow up my last post so I’m just going to do it. Life doesn’t dull when you come out, and the high...
- Jul 29, 2022
- 3 min
Clearing Space
Today I’m on the boat for the final leg of my advanced diver certification and it’s a lot less crowded, though still no place to take my...
- Jul 25, 2022
- 3 min
All I Want Is Durian
Despite the fact that I couldn’t wait to come back here and eat the food, I have been inadvertently on a fruit fast. This was not my...
- Jul 21, 2022
- 4 min
Underneath Phuket
If you know me at all, you know I don’t like to rush, or be hurried in any way. This does not translate into “I like to be late”, for the...
- Jul 18, 2022
- 3 min
What Home Feels Like
How interesting it is to be comforted by being known. I’m sure the thrill of travel for most people is in the newness of it all. New...
- Jul 17, 2022
- 1 min
Reconciliation
My first thought being back in Phuket: it feels like just yesterday that I left. Like the last year of my life didn’t even happen. As we...
- Jul 16, 2022
- 7 min
The Journey Back to Phuket
It’s been awhile since I’ve written a post like this, but it’s not for lack of stories to tell. This one in particular brought me back...
- Aug 19, 2021
- 3 min
Quarantine in a Storm
I am so so grateful for shelter. Just 8 days into living in Cayman and I’ve endured my first storm, sitting by the sliding glass doors as...
- Jun 14, 2021
- 2 min
The Journey of Leaving
I have officially started the grieving process. To really lean into the depth of what it has meant for me to leave Asia after 4 yrs to...
- May 8, 2021
- 4 min
I Just Go Where the Tradewind Blows
This year I will move back to the Caribbean. I haven’t lived there since I was a child, and for some reason I find myself more nervous to...
- Sep 27, 2020
- 3 min
Object Permanence in a Global Pandemic
There are so many things I’ve wanted to write about. So many times I’ve sat down and thought it was time to get something on here about...
- Apr 14, 2020
- 4 min
Choose, For Yourself
I just wanted to come on here to say to my peers in the US that you do not HAVE to stay there and suffer. You don’t have to fall into...
- Apr 24, 2019
- 2 min
It Takes A Village
I never really understood the value of community until recently. As a loner, I’ve always felt the most comfortable in the presence of my...
- Oct 26, 2018
- 4 min
A Letter From My Brother
Brother unlucky came to visit. He travelled upward of 36 hours to come and see me. And he stayed for 12 days. During those 12 days, we...
- Sep 3, 2018
- 11 min
The Things I Won’t Miss About China
Obviously, I started putting this together before I actually left China. But I left and went straight to India and completely immersed...
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