Warriors Abroad – Podcast Guest Hosted by yours Truly! (mini post)

Nathan and his friends at an Herediano soccer game
Picture depicts my friends, in order from left to right, top to bottom: Garrett, Evan (who’s being a butt and not looking at the camera), Lida, Nathan (me), Steve (hiding behind my shoulder), Emma, and Jess (who took the picture). Image is shared with their permissions.

Did you know that I studied abroad? Do you want to hear more about it than I can fit into a singular blog post? Follow the Warrior’s Abroad podcast linked here to hear me talk about my experiences in their April 1st episode!

[Your regularly scheduled Main Post will be posted on Thursday!]

Welcome Back Warriors! (Mini-Post)

See! I told you you would miss me! Oh sweet prodigal reader, we have returned to each other, and it is a glorious reunion indeed!

Pile of scrabble letters spread out on a yellow legal pad and pencils reading out the words: "Back To School"
Image by Wokandapix on Pixabay.com

Since I was on break over Winter, allow me to first and foremost welcome you into the New Year, and acknowledge that 2021, like every year, is going to be hard, fun, opportunistic, heavy, and every emotion in between.

But together, we can kick 2021’s patootie, have an excellent semester, and learn how to make a truly killer Gallo Pinto.

(Or maybe that last one’s just me)


Tune in for the return of regular posts starting Tuesday February 2nd!

Happy Halloween! (mini post)

I hope that everyone had an excellent Halloween or Harvest Celebration despite the circumstances!

My family got together and carved pumpkins, and then with some modifications for safety, socially distanced our Halloween by hanging out on the roof and tossing “Sky Candy” to any willing trick-or-treaters that came our way.

Oh and our pumpkins had a theme this year… can you guess which one I carved?

Four carved pumpkins illuminated by a candle. From left to right they are a wingless dragon and its neck, Toothless sticking his tongue out, an epic fire breathing dragon with wings, and the dragon form of Maleficent
We were draconically-minded this year, apparently