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Christmas in Mountain View, CA

Dear Liseli, It’s Christmas day and I’m spending it alone once again. This is the 6th year in a row, […]

Dear Jalani, House sitting has been interesting. There are two guys who live here, and I don’t really like interacting […]

Travel

Things happen in life that can lead to us traveling on a whim. It can […]

Learning, Travel

Studying abroad as a graduate student was difficult. It’s weird being a graduate student, figuring […]

I’d been wanting to visit Martinique since I was in high school. After so many […]

Travel

Meeting Local When traveling solo, I meet people from all over the world. When I […]

Learning

Learning another language can be difficult. Sometimes it can be even more difficult when you […]

Paipa is a mid-sized town located in the Boyaca district of Colombia. The closest towns […]

Travel

Saint Lucia is a gorgeous anglophone island located south of the francophone island Martinique and […]

Learning

Language acquisition is an interesting thing in that there is a changing emphasis in how […]