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Recent Posts

  • Week 27: 2018.3.11-2018.3.17
  • Week 30: 2018.4.1-2018.4.7
  • Week 26: 2018.3.4 – 2018.3.10
  • Week 25: 2018.2.25-2018.3.3
  • St. Louis

Recent Comments

Stephen Lu on Week 30: 2018.4.1-2018.4.7
Rick Christiansen on Week 30: 2018.4.1-2018.4.7
Linda allnutt on Week 26: 2018.3.4 – 2018.3.10
Rick Christiansen on St. Louis
Jillaine Henry on Weekend In Mount Dora

Archives

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  • February 2018
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  • December 2017
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  • August 2017
  • July 2017
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  • December 2016
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  • October 2016
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  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
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Categories

  • Apartheid
  • Bahamas
  • Bi-racial
  • Black
  • Blogging Abroad
  • Books
  • Brasil
  • bread pudding
  • broken ankle
  • brunch
  • Cape of Good Hope
  • Cape Town
  • Caribbean
  • cheese
  • children
  • China
  • Chinese medicine
  • Christmas
  • circus
  • Circus Flora
  • conch fritters
  • CSA
  • Cultural differences
  • Culture
  • Culture shock
  • Dating
  • death
  • dinner
  • discrimination
  • Election
  • elephants
  • ESL
  • Expat
  • Expatriate
  • Family dynamics
  • Florida
  • Flying Wallendas
  • Food
  • Freeport
  • Global Nomad
  • gluten free
  • Grandkids
  • grief
  • growing up
  • haircut
  • healthy eating
  • Hong Kong
  • Interfaith
  • Japan
  • Johannesburg
  • Junkanoo
  • Kruger
  • Language
  • LGBT
  • lightning
  • Liuzhou
  • Liuzhou City Zoo
  • Liuzhou Industrial Museum
  • Madiba
  • Mandela
  • marriage
  • McDonald's
  • Missouri
  • Mongolian food
  • Mount Dora
  • Muslim
  • Nassau
  • Neighborhood
  • Neighbors
  • New Year's
  • organic veggies
  • pandas
  • Prejudice
  • presents
  • Racism
  • Rainbow Bridge
  • recipes
  • Relationships
  • Relationships
  • relocation
  • repatriation
  • rosemary
  • Safari
  • Saudade
  • Seniors
  • sibling rivalry
  • South Africa
  • sprained ankle
  • St. Louis
  • Star
  • Star Trek Discovery
  • step-families
  • storms
  • Study Abroad
  • summer pasta
  • summer squash
  • sundried tomatoes
  • teaching
  • Thanksgiving
  • Third Culture Kid
  • tourism
  • Travel
  • Travel writing
  • Triangle
  • Uncategorized
  • Valley of Flowers
  • Vero Beach
  • Violence
  • Walking
  • Walmart
  • widow
  • work visa
  • writing contest
  • Zoppe Family Circus

Category: Neighborhood

China, Cultural differences, Culture, Culture shock, Expat, Expatriate, Global Nomad, Liuzhou, Neighborhood, Neighbors, relocation, Travel, Travel writing, Triangle, Uncategorized

Week Six: 2017.10.22 – Random Ramblings

A couple weeks ago, while walking to the shipping office (a local Mailboxes Etc. type of place) to pick up … Continue reading Week Six: 2017.10.22 – Random Ramblings

China, Cultural differences, Culture, Culture shock, Expat, Expatriate, Global Nomad, haircut, Language, Liuzhou, Neighborhood, relocation, St. Louis, Travel, Travel writing, Triangle, Uncategorized, Walking

Week Four: 2017.10.8

Having a weeklong holiday* in your first month is pretty nice, but I didn’t know ahead of time so I … Continue reading Week Four: 2017.10.8

China, Cultural differences, Culture, Culture shock, Expat, Expatriate, Food, Global Nomad, healthy eating, Mongolian food, Neighborhood, relocation, teaching, Travel, Travel writing, Triangle, Uncategorized, Walking

Week Two 2017.9.24

I taught my first full week of classes. I have five groups of students, only one of which I see … Continue reading Week Two 2017.9.24

China, Cultural differences, Culture shock, ESL, Expat, Expatriate, Language, Liuzhou, Missouri, Neighborhood, relocation, St. Louis, Study Abroad, teaching, Travel, Travel writing, Triangle, Uncategorized

First Impressions: Week One 2017.9.17

Well today is my seventh day in China and it seems like St. Louis was a lifetime ago. (Especially since … Continue reading First Impressions: Week One 2017.9.17

death, Expat, grief, lightning, Neighborhood, storms, Walking

The robins . . .

My friend Judybug posted this today and it is so terribly sad. I am sharing with her permission. ———- Between … Continue reading The robins . . .

Election, Expat, Florida, Missouri, Neighborhood, Neighbors, Relationships, St. Louis, Triangle, Walking

My neighborhood

I woke up early on Election Day. The sky was overcast and there was a chill in the air, but … Continue reading My neighborhood

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