Why Kenya?
I graduated from college yesterday. In about one month I board a plane to Kenya. (I am also taking the GRE between now and then). I think about all these things and I have to laugh and cry and remind…
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Climate Changes
It was the nicest day we’d seen yet. Myself and two of the artists with whom I shared a studio for April set out in the AM for Snaefellesnes peninsula, an area just a few hours from Reykjavik known as…
See You on the Other Side
I think back on the last nine months of my life and can see how far I’ve come in such a short amount of time. The trip I’ve been planning since August is right around the corner and I’m filled…
Free Falling
Last weekend calls for its own blog post! I JUMPED OUT OF A PLANE WILLINGLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There is something so freeing about going skydiving! As I was getting hooked up in the harness I started to get really nervous about what I…
The Nature of History
Sometimes I feel like when you’re in another country working everything is research. Exploring the local supermarket? Research! Walking into town and guessing the significance of windowsill kitsch (all the houses here appear to have art on their walls…
Bunny Hop
Trying to find a job from another country is literally the most stressful, anxiety inducing process ever! Actually, trying to find a job in general is stressful! It just sucks even more from South Africa. There have been things that…
Learning the Landscape
There is a massive storm pelting the tin roof of the SIM apartment. My roof is slanted, so the rivulets of ice and water shift down my windows at an angle, and all I can see are the bare tips…
Beautiful Differences
I am not sure why I am just now being more attentive to the differences between South African Culture and US Culture but I have made a few observations in the past two weeks. First of all, I love that…
Black Sand, Bright Skies
Iceland. Land of Fire and Ice, a landscape of stark contradictions somehow rendered harmonious by the capable hands of Nature herself. This is a place that has inspired me from childhood, a small island close enough to the top of…
The Blessings of Friendship
Life has been a bit more real since moving to Fish Hoek. Not living in a volunteer house means that you have to be more intentional about connections with people outside of work. I wrote about the pros and cons…