I could call this post, “How I worked up the nerve to finally move exactly where I wanted to live.” Another apt title would be, …
A Connecticut Yankee in the Blue Ridge Mountains
Writing After the PhD
Joy. That’s what was missing. I’d gone over draft after draft, completed both major and minor revisions. This is part of any writing process, to …
A Winter Night in Warsaw
This is something a little different from my usual style and content. I originally wrote this for a more literary-style context and not as a …
Remembering to Live Your Life While Finishing a PhD
Disclaimer: While this post is mainly geared toward grad students, there are points in here that I think are important for everyone to remember, and …
Small Gestures of Kindness in an “Unfriendly” City
Beep-beep-beep-beep. The streetcar door was closing, its little red light flashing. Rain was starting to come down harder. The woman ran toward the door, feet …
Coffee and Language Barriers: Remembering the First Day Living in Austria
After a transatlantic flight, I have one first order of business, and one only: Coffee. (The second, if I’m landing in the UK, is to …
23 Times the Little Things Were the Best Part of Traveling
True to my own personal mission to stop and appreciate the small, often unexpected things in life while everything is go-go-go, today I’d like to …
Adventures in Asheville, NC: A Solo Trip in the Blue Ridge Mountains
Mountains, music, craft beer, eclectic food, and free spirits. Let me just start with this: if you haven’t been to Asheville before, I highly, highly …
Why You Don’t Need to Justify Being a Vegetarian
When I was about eleven, one of my best friends told me that she was a vegetarian. She didn’t eat meat, and she made sure …
Discovering Favorite Places in a New City
For me, it’s always about the cafés when I travel someplace new or am looking for a new haunt near home. Parks, bookstores, maybe a …