• A Bittersweet Christmas

    There’s something incredibly bittersweet about spending your first Christmas away from home. Some things are the same, mostly the things I’ve brought with me. Nanaimo bars aren’t hard to make, and the smell…

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    A Study-Abroad Christmas

    I like the idea of 5-minute posts. Granted, when I sit down to write, it usually ends up being more than a 5-minute process. Still, the idea of capturing a simple moment, without…

  • Groningen Christmas Boats & Markets

    Hey peeps, Another exam season, another wildly late post. What’s it been, almost a month now? How’s life treating you beautiful people? It’s been cold here. Not the teeth-numbing, bone-chilling cold that we…

  • First Semester Completed!

    School has started up again. The winter break period came and went, with the long-awaited snow refusing to fall until the last few days of it. I was sledding before breakfast, the first…

  • Post-Christmas Craziness

    It’s been a whirlwind week. I guess the holidays always are, for most people; but this Christmas stood out from the rest on the busy scale. My godsister is here, which has been…