Working for an Airline

Flying High

So much has happened in this past week I don’t even know where to begin so I guess I’ll just cut to the chase: Last week my favorite airline called to tell me that after two phone interviews, an in-person interview, a drug test and a 10-year criminal background check…they’d finally decided to hire me.… Read More Flying High

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The Patriotic Tattoo

This past 4th of July  I met a man who’d had his telephone area code tattooed to his shoulder. I was dumbfounded when he told me this. We were sitting around a bonfire in Santa Cruz, California when the topic of tattoos came up. “But…Why?!” was all I could think of to say in response.… Read More The Patriotic Tattoo

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Alice in Americaland

Alice in Wonderland by Annie Leibovitz “The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one’s own country as a foreign land.” – G. K. Chesterton “So how are you adjusting to life back in the US?” That’s a question I’ve gotten asked… Read More Alice in Americaland

Expat Life

The X(pat) Factor

Globe Trotter by Carolyn B. Metro. I love this girl’s art! “To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.” – Freya Stark Everyone has their people; their ‘peeps’, their posse. You know, the people to whom you can talk in vague terms with and just know… Read More The X(pat) Factor