Spring is coming!
Dear Friends, I'm starting to see many posts about spring, cherry blossoms and renewal. I always found spring to be so charming in Newburgh - the florals combined with the…
Posts that don’t fit in another category and relate to my life or life at all.
At Newark Airport about to enter for my 8:30am flight. All my luggage: 1 large suitcase, 1 40L duffle (on ground), 1 28L backpack (on my back).
Que Sera, Sera: A letter from Puerto Plata
Dear friends, It's my 8th day in the DR. I'm alive, well and adjusting to island life. And, on Saturday, I even finally began to write my memoir. It's taken…
Volunteering at HOBY NYE 2022
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to reconnect and volunteer again with HOBY. HOBY (Hugh O'Brian Youth) Leadership is an international organization that hosts leadership conferences for high school…
Gratitude, Inequality & Giving Back
I want to take a second to talk about gratitude. Not because it's trendy. Not because everyone else is talking about it... hey, it's not even Thanksgiving right now. And,…
Will TAPIF help me get another job? — Putting TAPIF on your resumé/CV, or not.
The topic of resumes/job searching is an important one to many people these days, especially with the term "Resume builder" being used so readily as a qualifier to many positions/internships.…
Photo Assisting in NY
Recently, I took a trip down to NYC to assist on a photo shoot for the UK web magazine Fluxlings, a children's fashion mag spin-off from Flux Magazine. I met…
Hugh O’Brian Youth (HOBY) Leadership
In my last post, I said I've been trying to keep busy since I've been back. Well, one thing I did was volunteer with an organization that I love and…
Back in the Valley
It's hard to believe that three weeks have passed since the fateful day of my depart from Saint Etienne. It's hard to believe that I still have not found employment…
Denial and Frustration (Moving and Unemployment)
So, now that my contract is officially over, I've been out of the lycée for two weeks, my more than a month-long job search is turning around nothing but let-downs…
The Great Unknown! Cheers!
Apparently I haven't written in a while. I've been pretty caught up in real life actually... I was traveling from the end of February until mid-March, and when I came…