There's No Place Like Oz

Return from Australia: One year later

I really don’t know where to start, aside from stating the obvious from the title of this post. As of April 26, I’ve been back home in the USA for 12 months after spending a year living, traveling, working, and eating(!) in Australia. One year ago, I was scared of coming home. I was afraid […]

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What’s Next: Lifestyle Choices

This is the second post in the What’s Next series, in which I share what life has in store post-Oz. This post has been a long time in the making! I’ve written several drafts, but every time I’d sit down to write, the words wouldn’t come. I’m hoping today is different. Over the last five […]

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The Geisha of Charlottesville

A few years ago I found myself at a local restaurant with three friends — two visiting from London (on their first trip to the US) and the third had recently returned to our hometown of Charlottesville after living in Japan for two years. As the three discussed the plans I had to show the […]

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What’s Next: Writing Projects

This is the first in a new “What’s Next” series. In upcoming posts, I’ll share the biggest, life-changing lesson I took away from Australia and how it’s impacted my first five months back in the USA — and of course in the months to come. There’s No Place Like Oz is not my first blog. […]

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