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Road Trips with Chip : April (1)

middle school’s secret garden I began the month driving into northwest Daegu for more cherry blossom views. I truly cannot get too many floral views in my life. I even arrived to school a few minutes early, somedays, to have peaceful studying time sitting on a bench under the blossomed trees. Yuksinsa & Dodongseowon IContinueContinue reading “Road Trips with Chip : April (1)”

Road Trips with Chip: March (2)

Miryang to continue the March road trips… CHERRY BLOSSOMS! Jinhae, Changwon, and Miryang Early spring means cherry blossom season! And cherry blossom season is very short, generally only 2 weeks from a tree’s first blossom. My two friends, M and MD, joined me for a trip south to Jinhae. This is a city famous forContinueContinue reading “Road Trips with Chip: March (2)”

Road Trips with Chip: March (1)

Sunset view of Daegu Hi y’all! These past 2.5 months have been a tad bit busy. My weeks are filled with lesson planning, teaching, boxing, and road trips with Chip (the tiny blue car). 삼겹살 In March, my first Native English Teacher friend, D, moved back to the U.S., after 2 challenging years. We spentContinueContinue reading “Road Trips with Chip: March (1)”

Flying to Quarantine

The week leading up to my return to Korea was stressful. Snow had been forecasted to fall, starting the night before my flight. Snow, in North Carolina, is chaotic. Just hinting at a slight possibility of a flurry will cause North Carolinians to rush to their local grocery stores to buy out all the milk,ContinueContinue reading “Flying to Quarantine”

“Home Is Where the Heart Is”

This past month, I had the privilege to return home to see my family. It was just shy two years since I had left the USA and moved to Korea to become a Native English Teacher. In my most recent post, I left you with my December plan to be anti-social the final weeks, inContinueContinue reading ““Home Is Where the Heart Is””