All aboard the St. Nora! For the whole day. Second day in a row waking up at 7am. Stank face is like a permanent feature until well after I brush my teeth. I saw where[…]
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Category: New
A Small Town in a Rainforest and Moon Jellyfish | My First Day
This will be the most unique Day One of any job I’ve had. To start, I’m the only person, and I mean the only person except for Claire to my right, not wearing a hoodie.[…]
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My First Hours on the New Job | The Realization
Working in Alaska. Imagine me in galoshes gripping a coffee cup steaming up to my rose-colored cheeks against a backdrop of blue sky and whales breaking the surface of the Pacific ocean to greet me.[…]
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Arriving to Alaska | Boat to Plane to Truck to Sleep
I flew west from Seattle to Southeast Alaska. The last hour of the flight was suddenly baptized in bright light- I was surprised because I was expecting rain from an earlier text. AlaskArrival: I landed,[…]
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Adjusting and Applying, The Not-so-New-Normal | Harvestehude, Germany
October 27, 2015: There’s a slowing of the wheels in the mind when you’ve been in a place for 2 weeks. I’ve only been here for 12 days and while, to be honest, I’ve been[…]
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Comforts are Far Away | Hamburg
Confession: I re-woke at 2:45pm. I could blame it on jet lag except I did this in America more times than I’d like to admit over the last 4 months. Escape from the Gray Sleeping[…]
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