August 2012
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On Returning Home
I’ve been home from China for over two weeks now, and it’s almost as if I never left. It’s amazing how easy it is to fit right back into my life and routines even after being away for so long. I have read a few other people’s blogs about returning home after a long stint abroad, and many seem to have had similar experiences of falling right back into familiar paths upon...
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As every flower fades and as all youth
Departs, so life at every stage,
So...
– Stages By Hermann Hesse
This is one of my all-time favorites. It was introduced to me by my Swiss cousin, Peter, just before I left his family’s home after visiting them in Bern for a week in 2010. I had been reading Siddhartha, also by Hesse, and Peter had a German copy of the book on his...
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