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Cycles – A Love Letter to the Sea

This is a little something I’ve been working on for the past week or so.  Growing up on a lake in the Pacific Northwest has instilled in me a love for all things water.  I love swimming, floating, riding, and frolicking in water – whether it be fresh or salt.  I particularly love the sea. …

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Category: The World, WritingTag: sea, The World, writing

Christmas Letter

Dear Friends, Family, and Everyone Else What a year, eh? This year has been one of amazing opportunities, changes, and dreams come true for me.  I spent most of the year living in Oak Harbor, a small town on in island in Washington State.  Most of my life centered around my job working in a …

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Category: The WorldTag: christmas, The World

The Death of a Dictator

Kim Jong Il is dead.  Certainly an interesting headline to wake up to.  Especially considering I live several hours away from the border of two countries that are still technically at war.  The death of such a man is definitely a good thing, and the world is a better place without him in it.  I …

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Category: Korea, The WorldTag: korea, The World

Taithchwant

Taithchwant

I first wrote Taithchwant as I was settling into my new life teaching English in South Korea. I had just started my Great Adventure, and couldn’t wait for the surprises along the road ahead. Little did I know that I’d be here, almost 6 years later, going back through my hundreds of posts and editing …

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Category: The World, WritingTag: Poetry, The World, writing

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