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Reflections from the Other Side…Or, Going Back to College as an Alum
This morning I woke up on my college campus for the first time in almost four months. My college campus alma mater. I woke up in the on campus apartment that the friend I was staying with lives in,...
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#WeekendCoffeeShare–Back to College (for a Day), Friends Time, and Thailand...
If we were having coffee, I’d start off out by telling you that this week has been awesome. Truly awesome. I’m down to a week and a half before I leave the country for an indefinite amount of time and…...
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#WeekendCoffeeShare–My Brush With Fame, THE FINAL COUNTDOWN, and Other Stories
If we were having coffee, I’d tell you that this week has been soooo busy. In a good way. But I’m exhausted and I haven’t even left the country yet! If we were having coffee, I’d tell you that I…...
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An Ode to the Gas Station I Called Home this Summer
I’m not one who believes everything happens for a reason. Life is too sporadic, too uncertain for every single thing in this life to happen for a specific reason. Life just happens. We make meaning out...
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Take Off
All adventure must begin somewhere: Au Revoir. Now, upward…to Life! How appropriate that my next big adventure should begin on a Wednesday. Naturally, a Hump Day Haiku about this new beginning was in...
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Traveling is [Boring]…or, when Long Layovers Take Over Your Life
Hello from Hong Kong! Or, the Hong Kong Airport to be more exact. (Does it really count to say I’m spending half a day here if I’m actually not leaving the airport? It’s late night here, so there’s not...
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#WeekendCoffeeShare–Thailand, the First Few Days Edition
If we were having coffee, I’d tell you all about how happy I am to be here sharing some coffee with you today. If we were having coffee, I’d tell you about how exhausting this week has been. After my…...
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Tug o War
ten seconds max. that’s all it takes for a winner that’s crowned triumphant. It’s homecoming at my alma mater this coming weekend and, as always, the annual tug of war between two of the freshman...
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What are You Doing in this Room. Right Here. Right Now.
I’ve spent so much of my life afraid. Afraid of everything–anything that was different, anything outside my comfort zone, new people and ideas. Perhaps it came from my own social anxiety and perhaps...
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Chiang Mai: A Week (or So) In Pictures
Teacher Britta has lesson plans to complete for language camp later this week. So, writing isn’t happening right now. However, here’s a few pictures of this GORGEOUS country that I now call home: Doi...
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Lake Date
The lake is shining bright today…shall we take a boat ride, you and I? **Due to travel and my teacher training course, I have scheduled ahead Hump Day Haikus until the end of October. Please expect...
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#WeekendCoffeeShare–When Teacher Britta Takes the Wheel
If we were having coffee, I’d start off by saying IT’S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU (really slowly and overly enthusiastically, too, because I’ve been Teacher Britta for the past two days and Teacher Britta...
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Contemplations on My Place in Thailand Thus Far
I’ve been thinking a lot the last few days. Processing everything that has happened in the last two weeks. Trying to understand everything that has happened from the good, the not so good (and yes,...
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Opportunity
Take a look down the road: T-intersection…which direction takes you? **Due to travel and my teacher training course, I have scheduled ahead Hump Day Haikus until the end of October. Please expect...
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Word Porn, Courtesy of Victor Hugo
“A writer is a world trapped in a person” Because I’m sitting here in Thailand trying to figure out how to write what I need to write…but the words aren’t coming. Because this quote showed up on my...
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In Which Teacher Britta Heads to Northern Isan (Or, Almost–But Not Quite–Laos)
It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for (or so I like to think, in my egotistical, self-centered mind). Okay, but I DO know that many of you have been anxious to hear about where I’ll be teaching...
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Serenity
Some days are meant for lazing with good friends in a calm, beautiful place. **Due to travel and my teacher training course, I have scheduled ahead Hump Day Haikus until the end of October at my...
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Falling in Love is Awfully Easy–A Day at Elephant Nature Park
Where do I begin with this place? The Elephant Nature Park just North of Chiang Mai is a world all it’s own. It’s a place unlike any other. It’s breathtakingly beautiful and it’s filled with so much...
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From Chiang Mai to Nong Khai–TESOL Reflections and Taking the Next Step
Once upon a time, a girl named Britta moved halfway across the world in search of new opportunities, a new life, and new adventure. She knew it wouldn’t be easy, but she didn’t realize how hard it...
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