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February 4, 2009 in Personal · 3 comments
A candid discussion about my anxieties and certainties about my wedding & marriage.
Read more of this article.All the stars were crashing round, as I laid eyes on what I’d found
July 22, 2008 in Personal · 4 comments
Last week I went and worked at a church camp as a cook / photographer. While I don’t currently consider myself a Christian, I still thought a lot about faith and what I put my faith in. It’s a subject I have been considering a lot in recent months, actually.
Read more of this article.I’m gonna stay here till I soothe my soul
June 5, 2008 in Personal, Recommended · One comment
I found a Russian couple on flickr several months ago. One of them grew up in Ulan Ude, which is on the other side of Lake Baikal from Irkutsk. Last month I met up with them to gather insights about the area and to ease my nerves. Last week, she emailed me to ask how I was doing and I told her I was backing out of Russia and explained a little bit about why. She responded with this Russian proverb: “Don’t ruin a good thing by looking for something even better.”
Read more of this article.It all will fall, fall right into place
June 3, 2008 in Personal · No comments
Now that I’m not going to Russia, I have a lot to decide and figure out in the next month. Where I’m going to live. Plans and goals for continuing work. Plans for school. And then all the other “little” things I want to figure out — when I can get a dog, for example. But those are obviously lower priority.
Read more of this article.Living is a gamble baby, loving’s much the same
May 27, 2008 in Personal, Recommended · 3 comments
We all have to come to a point where we have to be honest with ourselves. Someday or another, we have to throw away the ideals we’ve built up over the years of how our lives should be and how they shouldn’t and accept our lives for how they are.
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