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Remember the Oklahoma City Bombing

The Oklahoma City bombing of April 1995, commemorated at the site, honors the city's lost residents... There is that clock. A mundane white clock with black trim and numerals, outstanding in its ordinariness....

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Winter Fun In Door County, Wisconsin

From ice fishing to snowmobiling, snowshoeing to cozy inns and fish boils, there is lots to enjoy in Door County after all the summer beach bums go home.

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No Lions, No Tigers, But Snot Rockets! Oh. My…

After one month of life in Russia, the universe has shown me yet again how incapable I am at playing nice with others. Having a personality that my loving parents refer to as 'being larger than life',...

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Naked Nakedness Everywhere. A Banya Story!

I was going to wait a few days before making a new post, but this is just too crazy to not share with you immediately. Kinda like when you buy a Christmas present for someone, and the present...

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It’s all Greek to Me

Last year, on a few days off work in Kosovo, we went to Greece! The country was amazing, but the most exciting part was the journey. Or, as I like to call it, The Odyssey.It all started...

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Cali for Real na

(California) All I could see were hundreds of white windmills spinning in the breeze across the mountains, and I knew we weren't in Arizona anymore. Living in Phoenix, a mere five hour drive...

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We Sang of the Monsoon

As I pushed back in discomfort, to stretch my legs, I could feel the grinding of the metal on the granite floor. It was last period, history, the sun was blazing, and the mercury...

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Turks & Caicos 2012

Greetings from Turks & Caicos! I would say Yeah Mon because of my Jamaican memories, but Turks and Caicos does not have the same slang. In fact, these Caribbean islands are a lot different...

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Kirei

I tell my high school students that when I first came to Japan, I felt like a fish. Why would Emily Sensei feel...

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