I write from a sunny gate lounge in Milan’s Malpensa airport. I am returning to Edinburgh after a whirlwind Italy trip with dear high school friends. Adventure makes an excellent pastime — but now it’s time to head back to […]
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Europe 2019: Ringing in the New Year and Intrinsic Value
And just like that, January, 2019 has arrived. I write from Birmingham airport where I’m waiting to board a final flight back to Edinburgh after a few weeks of running around Eastern Europe. I got to spend a crazy New […]
Read moreEurope 2018: Christmas in Vienna and Desires Unquelled
I write from a train car whisking me from Tatabánya, Hungary (a small town near Budapest) to Vienna, Austria. It’s Christmas morning and I was privileged to spend the last day+ with a good friend baking Hungarian Christmas goodies, traveling […]
Read moreEdinburgh, December 2018: Lessons Learned (In Class and Out)
It’s 4:40am and I write from what has become my usual Edinburgh airport terminal coffee shop table. I am bound for a Christmas-break travel stint through Eastern Europe visiting a number of friends and places I’ve been before (and a […]
Read moreEdinburgh Master’s Program 2018: Let the Academics Commence
I write from (future posts won’t be nearly as varied for a while, so here’s the last dramatic opening line until further notice) a student cafe right next to Edinburgh University’s pompous sports complex. Since last I wrote, I have […]
Read moreEdinburgh 2018: Respite in the States and Icelandic Adventures
I write from a bright, cozy coffee shop in downtown Reykjavik, Iceland. My view includes a slow stream of tourists, bright-roofed buildings, an eclectic mix of modern and Tudor-esque architecture, and a dusky blue bay surrounded by barren brown mountains […]
Read moreEurope 2018: First Days in Edinburgh
I write from a sunlit (not to be taken for granted here in Scotland) staff room in a small, ministry-oriented Christian hostel in Edinburgh. The lounge area at the Light House Hostel where I lived this past week+ […]
Read moreSummer 2018: Headed for the Hills (of Scotland)
I write from my childhood kitchen table in the quiet of post-exodus calm. Ryan is off to begin his senior year of college in Michigan, Theresa back down to her Chicago haunts, Kim and Chris departed to spend the weekend […]
Read moreSummer 2018: The Moment Before Freefall (The Epic Continues)
This won’t be a long update because I still don’t have an answer yet. But I wanted to share the landscape with you (all three readers out there — love you guys 🙂) so that you can experience this with […]
Read moreSummer 2018: Music Capital of the World
I write from a cozy kitchen table in an apartment outside Nashville, Tennessee. First off, I have exciting news — God provided a car to borrow through a pair of some of my dearest friends in Chicagoland! They lent me […]
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