Category: A Tale of Two Countries
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And it begins WITH SLEEP
This is Dad from Australia (We made it here). As the readers of this blog know from Lena, my passion is string band music, particularly bluegrass. Well, last week I was participating in Raleigh’s biggest economic development event of the year, Wide Open Bluegrass. For a week, I was presenting…
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Leaving Soon for our Adventure: the Parents
Hi, everyone who is used to reading the observations of Lena on these pages. This is her father, who is often mentioned in her posts, particularly when she was traveling and posted at the end of each report: “P.S. Dad, I am still alive.” Well, the roles have now reversed…
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Guest Blogger, AKA My Dad
For the next two months, the blog will be taken over by a guest blogger (my dad) while he and my mother explore Australia and New Zealand.
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A Global Citizen
A few months ago, I read an article deriding the use of the term ‘global citizen,’ suggesting that the moniker should no longer be used. And it has really stuck with me. According to the article, the use of this classification is misleading – everyone has citizenship in one country…
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Women’s March on Washington
Like yesterday, today was a pretty emotional day not only for myself but for many Americans. Why? Because the overwhelming amount of emotions which flooded into our hearts as we saw protesters – both American and not – around the world meet together to advocate for rights which the Trump administration…
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Epiphanies from a week at Home
First of all, I have to apologize (to myself more than my small reader base) for being MIA for the past few days. Unfortunately my very old, very sick grandmother passed away last week so I ended up flying home to be with my mother and cheer her up (but…
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‘Your Happiest Memory Ever’
Earlier today, a very close friend of mine asked me an interesting question – “What is your happiest memory ever?” This got me thinking – what is my happiest memory? In 23 years of life, I have made millions of memories, how can I pin down one specific moment that…
Ginger Without Borders 