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READ MORETwo months ago, after literal years of applying to zoos* across (I counted) 26 States, I finally started a full-time, big girl job at the Alaska Zoo. And I love it here. *I’m going to use the word Zoo a bit generally to mean: ethical non-profit institution that cares for wildlife for purposes of conservation, […]
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READ MOREThere’s something truly magical about a small town on the Kenai Peninsula in southeast Alaska. A magic that makes it painful to have left. Seward, Alaska is a town of 2000 people that more or less doubles in size during peak tourism season. Cruise ships and buses down from Anchorage bring ever-changing tourists flooding in […]
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READ MOREI went to England last weekend and it was only sort of a mess. A friend of mine from school is working in Ireland as an Au Paire but needed to take her LSAT in London so she can attend law school when she returns to the United States. She mentioned this, and the stress […]
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READ MOREEverything’s Fine Normally, I’m great at planning things. I coordinate trips, events, meet-ups, whatever with few problems and I honestly enjoy doing it. For some reason though, this weekend was nearly, though never quite, a disaster at every turn. I’ve been in Ireland for two weeks now and, first of all, it’s fabulous. Irish people […]
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READ MOREI arrived in Dublin, Ireland around 4:00 a.m. local time (10:00 p.m. central time) on Monday, January 22nd. My arrival came after departing my Des Moines apartment at 5:30 a.m., getting held up at the Des Moines airport for a half hour because of a bag of goldfish crackers in my bag, flying to Newark, […]
