Rewriting and Reconsidering My Purpose in Thailand First Draft It was the June before my senior year of college when the world was shut...

Heartbreak and Healing on the Island of Koh Chang In Anyone's Best Interest There’s an island called Koh Chang - it’s a tropical place...

The Period of 'Just Visiting' is Over, The Struggles and Triumphs of Settling-In Learning to Be A few days after arriving in Thailand, we...

A Day of Visiting Buddhist Monuments in Krung Thep (Bangkok) A Holy Day The sky is periwinkle when our boat docks at the sacred site of...

Curtains Draw when the Waitress Arrives Palm-sized pink bowls mark the glossy stage. A steaming hot pot sits centrally in the florescent...

Romanticized Realities : Discourse on the Diaspora I haven’t been “back” to Thailand in over a decade. I think I was eight years old the...

Dear Dakar, I write this letter to you as a love letter, as a thank you, as a goodbye-for-now. I write this letter to you in the armchair...

Let's Get Away for Ce Weekend On Saturday morning, we all boarded a bus and settled into its seats for a day-long drive up the coast. We...

I Have the Privilege to Stay Quiet It is disgustingly inappropriate that "c'est pas grave" is the one French phrase I've had stuck in my...

A Warning for All Readers It’s my sixth day of living in Dakar and I feel slightly more familiar with this city and my temporary place...

My First Two Days in Dakar Not My Minneapolis Bed I wake up this morning to the sound of backyard roosters shrieking in gossip and the...

Preliminary thoughts and preparations for Dakar, Senegal Notes from Being Home My journey to Dakar, Senegal is rapidly approaching.. and...

Sweat-Dripping Stress At 4:30 PM today, I was already sticky with sweat from my parents' unbearably humid, non-air-conditioned Minnesotan...