Why You Might Have More of a Community Than You Think
If you’ve moved somewhere new, you could feel, for a time, like you’re living on a bizarre island of isolation, even after a year or...
Jun 6, 2023
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What An Autism Mum Wants You to Know
“Never let them know what it cost you.” This was a message I received about writing, early on in my university years. People neither want...
Apr 27, 2023
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Seven Tips for Community Membership
Living in a world of ancient church buildings, pubs, and winding village streets makes the perfect backdrop for considering community...
Sep 26, 2022
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In Defense of Real-Life Community Membership
Ah, community. We hear this word often, don't we? In the last several years we've become increasingly comfortable using this word to...
Jul 19, 2022
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3 Books I've Loved on Land, Legacy & Home
There are so many books and blogs on lifestyle and making your home a beautiful place. But I want to know, how does my home get its...
Apr 28, 2022
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The One on Medical Freedom
“I have never thought, for my part, that man's freedom consists in his being able to do whatever he wills, but that he should not, by any...
Feb 15, 2022
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On Feeling at Home
It was 2015 and I was feelin’...at home. The rhythms and waves of Guam suited me, they had become a part of me. From beachy hair and...
Jul 1, 2021
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Gilmore Girls & What I Learned About Community
This last year I’ve spent an embarrassing amount of time watching Gilmore Girls. It was my first time watching the series all the way...
Apr 19, 2021
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3 Tips for Long-distance Friendships
One of the oddest parts of moving a lot is keeping friendships from past locations, and I think it’s actually more challenging wit...
Aug 5, 2020
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Flower Power
“Flowers are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities in the world.” Ralph Waldo Emerson What compares to a...
Jun 15, 2020
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5 Ways to Make a Short-term Stay Feel like HOME
While a lot of the world has been in quarantine, our family has been in the process of moving. We’re dragging a little, but we’re...
May 9, 2020
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Small House Big Door
My husband and I live in an 810 square foot home. On Guam we lived in a 250 square foot studio apartment. Yes, you read that correctly....
Nov 28, 2017
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Reflection: A Year Since Guam
A year, or has it been five? I remember the giant boxes and our dearest of dears who stood with us in line at the airport. There were no...
Nov 16, 2016
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Kaleidoscope: Tribute to Guam
Irony and camera lenses tend to grip me these days. I am learning that sometimes the clearest way to see something is when that something...
May 11, 2016
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A Letter to Guam upon Leaving
Dear Guam, I am not the white girl who came and left. Please stop saying so; it is simply not true. Well, I am “white,” whatever that...
Oct 30, 2015
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Fields of Salt Water and Oceans of Corn
An ocean of prairie grass billows and the wagon sways like a ship, heavy with hope. Those brave pioneers crossed miles and miles to claim...
Aug 2, 2015
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Multicultural Manners: The Art of Kindness on Guam
When I was a teenager, I came across a 1st edition of Emily Post’s Etiquette. Being a lover of old books, I glanced through it and was...
Nov 23, 2014
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The Midwest: The Old World of My Heart
“That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great.” ~My Ántonia Lately I have been reading My Ántonia by Willa...
Nov 6, 2014
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