The resounding song in my universe since returning from nine months of travel has been entitled: “Appreciation!” There is nothing like being away from something for a time to make you re-see it in its original glory. That said, life isn’t always a happy-shmappy song. Right now, for instance, I’m in a nutty mood. My… [Read More]
Home After Travel
A Home Decorating Tip to Keep Travel Memories Alive
You’re back from traveling around the world. Your blog has over 400 articles documenting every single day of the journey. Now what? There’s one tip for sure: print out those photos and plaster the walls of your new home with them to remember the loveliness of distant countries each and every day! Now here’s the… [Read More]
Losing Weight: Another Perk of Long-Term Travel
We often think that embarking on long-term travel will cause everything in our lives to deteriorate, from our safety to our waistlines. Having almost been blown up back home in Boston this week, however, I assure you that’s not the case. For nine straight months of travel, I was perfectly safe on rickety Southeast Asian… [Read More]
This Site Featured in the Boston Herald, Tiger-liciously!
“Please please don’t write anything awful,” I begged the reporter over the crackly cellphone line. “I just got this new job and I really like it and I’m not trying to get thrown out!” Darren chuckled and calmly replied, “I’m a reporter. No one would talk to me any more if I violated their trust.… [Read More]
Back to Boston Public Schools, but the Blog Lives On!
Tomorrow, after a year-long Leave of Absence to circumnavigate the globe, I return to being an English teacher in the Boston Public Schools! I am super, super psyched. A year away has given me massive new appreciation for living in beautiful Boston, for the great people here, and for being a teacher in BPS. “But,”… [Read More]
Feeling Strange, 2 Months after 9 Months Traveling
Blogs are supposed to be honest, so after a bunch of weeks of trying to hide it, let’s be honest here: Things are weird. I suppose it was to be expected, right? You can’t just uproot your life and meander around the world for nine months, then come home and expect everything to be silky… [Read More]
