Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything. ― Plato Darren is doing a 30 songs in 30 days music challenge which he got from clever Sarah, and they inspired me to do it!
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Skip the vacation (or the ugly side of traveling)
Hey, people who travel with their bed pillow. You look insane. – Jim Gaffigan Is everyone on holiday but me? Even though my vacation is later this month, I’m still burning with jealousy at everyone else’s Instagram feed. I’m convinced everyone’s loaded with unlimited cash – and having a great time. *sobs into monogram handkerchief*
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From tourist to non-tourist towns (six months in Rayong)
The other day I went to a tourist information booth and asked, ‘Tell me about some of the people who were here last year. – Steven Wright Until recently, I’ve pretty much lived in tourist towns.
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No Girl is an Island (a newsletter!)
“What happens when people open their hearts?” “They get better.” ― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood I’ve wanted to start a newsletter for some time (and podcast while I’m at it), but I didn’t know what to share. I’ve also contemplated starting another blog and even to find other sites where I can talk about everyday…
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Walking: an essay
How do you relate to people different than you?
There’s a debate regarding what education is for: is it to prepare students for work or is it to stimulate the soul? But one of the key components I feel is missing is that we go to school to learn to get along with others. We, then, continue to play nice when we enter the…
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What’s your relationship to poetry?
It was my junior or senior year in high school when I fell in love with poetry. I think like a lot of people I had a preconceived idea of what poetry was and I had decided it wasn’t for me. Since English was my first class of the day, I used to put on…
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