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February 8, 2009
Since I first sat back down at my desk last Saturday, I had this whole blog perfectly planned out.
Saints and Sinners: Two Days in Altar
February 7, 2009
To learn the routes of migration, we did in a couple of easy hours what takes most migrants four excruciating days.
Let it Snow!
February 4, 2009
There's much to be said about adverse conditions, turmoil, and challenges. They have a way of cutting right across a number of boundaries which previously seemed unalterable.
Injusticia
February 3, 2009
Today my program spent the afternoon in court. It's not what it sounds like.
My Winter Term in Lists
February 2, 2009
It's possible to teach English, completely in English, to people who speak no English.
I'm not usually this scatterbrained
February 1, 2009
I have a lot going on, and the semester hasn't even started.
Students and Samaritans
February 1, 2009
What if good intentions and a strong desire to "make a difference" aren't enough?
Vietnam 101
January 31, 2009
The second of two pieces I wrote during first semester about performances in Oberlin.
Almost Famous
January 31, 2009
Not impressed? Well, I bet you won't believe what arrived in my mailbox this morning.
A Guest in My Own House
January 30, 2009
Living with a host family is a difficult adjustment after two and a half years in Oberlin's dorms.
Flying and fooding
January 29, 2009
Once we landed at Cleveland-Hopkins Airport, I woke up and raced for the bus stop. After waiting outside for 10 minutes, I huddled indoors and discovered I had missed the last bus by 15 minutes. Gahhh.
In loving memory of summer
January 29, 2009
I've already got crazy nostalgia for the long, lazy summer days spent lounging in the hammock on our porch, the nights of impromptu jam sessions with my more musically inclined friends, the smell of freshly baked bread rising up from our kitchen.
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