Better than the Amazing Race
“What a ridiculous show,” was my first thought when The Amazing Race came out many years ago. Why travel around the world to spend just […]
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Tia Pepper
I think it was my son Ricardo who came up with the nickname “Pepper” for my friend Pat. He didn’t have to explain. I knew […]
One Year Later: What I Miss Most about Vietnam
I was recently asked to write a reflection on my time in Vietnam for Chào Fulbright, the newsletter of the Fulbright Program in Vietnam. Here […]
Lessons Learned from A Year Abroad
It doesn’t seem right to condense a year-long experience into an hour-long presentation, but that’s what I did. I spoke in a beautiful upstairs room […]
Hasta Luego Mexico City
My trip to CDMX began with a search on Google Flights one weekend when I was avoiding other tasks. I was wondering if there was […]
Again?
“Would you do it again?” That question comes up now and then, and my answer is always, “Yes, I will do it again.” There is […]
How to Take a Year Off and Live Your Dreams
“He must be rich.” One of my students said this to his parent about my ability to travel the world, but I suspect this student […]
Miss You
The texts usually come during the night. I wake to see “Miss you, teacher” on my screen from students at Mae Ra Moe refugee camp […]
93
93 blog posts, 184 student poems published, many thousands of miles traveled, 8 countries visited, nearly 20,000 photos taken, hundreds of students taught, and many […]
Reentry
I don’t know what I’m going to write about in this post. I have no ideas, just a few random, disconnected thoughts. But I feel […]
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