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Recent Posts

  • Dateline: China
  • Phillipine Dream
  • Hello From Tomorrowland
  • Life in the East
  • The Escalator Girl

Recent Comments

robinstl on The Escalator Girl
Rick Christiansen on The Escalator Girl
Linda allnutt on Juxtaposition
Linda allnutt on Greta Goes Global
Laura Ammon on Greta Goes Global

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Categories

  • Apartheid
  • Bahamas
  • Bi-racial
  • birthday
  • 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
  • Model UN
  • Mongolian food
  • Mount Dora
  • Muslim
  • Nassau
  • Neighborhood
  • Neighbors
  • New Year's
  • organic veggies
  • pandas
  • physical therapy
  • Prejudice
  • presents
  • Racism
  • Radisson
  • 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
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  • Valley of Flowers
  • Vero Beach
  • Violence
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Category: Walking

Blogging Abroad, broken ankle, China, Cultural differences, Culture, elephants, Expat, Expatriate, Global Nomad, Liuzhou, Liuzhou City Zoo, Liuzhou Industrial Museum, pandas, sprained ankle, tourism, Travel writing, Triangle, Uncategorized, Walking

Week 30: 2018.4.1-2018.4.7

The highlight of this week was our three day holiday for the Tomb Sweeping Festival, or Qing Ming. I asked … Continue reading Week 30: 2018.4.1-2018.4.7

Blogging Abroad, broken ankle, China, Chinese medicine, Cultural differences, Culture, Expat, sprained ankle, Travel, Travel writing, Triangle, Uncategorized, Walking

Week 26: 2018.3.4 – 2018.3.10

I spent my first weekend back in China resting. I’d had to teach Thursday and Friday with extreme jet lag, … Continue reading Week 26: 2018.3.4 – 2018.3.10

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

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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