“We have weird lives,” Givorgy told me this week. It’s true. But also, we have these beautiful lives where I get to spend time talking with people about cross cultural...
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July 21, 2024
You know when your body somehow holds out until you have a break to get sick? Yeah, my body nailed it. I decided to take two weeks off to give...
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July 14, 2024
A week ago was the Māori new year celebration called Matariki, and our city had a light show set up to enjoy in the cold dark evenings. I’m really fortunate...
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July 7, 2024
My favourite tradition on this blog is to write a Myspace style playlist for my life each year. This tradition started in June 2015, and you can follow these links...
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June 30, 2024
I take celebrating seriously. I also am a bit ridiculous when it comes to finding small things to celebrate. I used to keep a bottle of champagne in my fridge...
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June 23, 2024
In order to renew my Oregon teacher’s license every few years, I was required to submit paperwork to prove I’d done enough professional development credits. I usually scrambled over Christmas...
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June 16, 2024
My librarian friend texted me asking for book recommendations on mentoring. I had a couple, and I asked Matt his ideas, but he agreed most mentoring learning doesn’t come from...
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June 9, 2024
No one plans to have a life where you can rank the quality of international urology departments at spinal hospitals, but here I am to save you all from doing...
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June 2, 2024
I’m so far from perfect, and I had a steep learning curve with some new situations that I didn’t handle perfectly these past few weeks, but I also had an...
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May 19, 2024
