Into the Forests I Go

Happy New Year, everyone! We've made it through the tumbleweeds of what-December-day-is-this, and I feel like I've been spurt out right...

In honor of my Lithuanian language course ending this week (nooooo!), I'm coming here today with something that's been inspiring me for...

Well, hey! Y'all miss me? So, some good news: I made it back from America in arguably one piece, doing amazingly well on every plane I...

Alright, raise your hand if you've ever felt anxiety being suspended in a metal tube 35,000 feet above land. I know I'm not the only one....

It's been about two months since The Scientist and I started our Lithuanian language lessons at Vilnius University - a semester-long...

When The Scientist was in negotiation talks to seal the deal on our Lithuanian adventure, he jokingly told the hiring committee that he...

Labukaaaaas, friends from around the world! (Hiiii!) I'm one day late pressing Send on this bad boy because, well, I tested positive for...

*Taps mic* Is this thing on? Well labas, y'all! You miss me? I'm back from a week-long holiday in Heidelberg, Germany, far removed from...

Labas, everyone! If we're being real here, I've needed a bit of time to reflect on my experiences in Latvia just about three weeks ago...

Labas, everyone! We're heading into the last hours of summer here in Lithuania - or more specifically, today is the last day I expect to...

Visiting the Paneriai Memorial, one of many mass execution sites of Jewish people during the Holocaust, has never been on my fun list of...

Alright, it's official: August is my favorite month here, without a doubt. At this point last year, we were just spreading our wings out...

More than any of the three of us (myself, The Scientist, and Audrey, our greyhound), I think Audrey has picked the tallest straw from...

We're almost there, y'all! On this day a year ago, The Scientist and I were getting every last little (heated) drop of Texas we could -...

Labas, hi! Can you believe it's been almost ONE YEAR since The Scientist and I moved to Lithuania? We've been doing a whole lot of...

And that's it - it's finally summer. All it took was an epic all day rainstorm to wash away the rest of Lithuania's spring, and I've been...

Since I'm going to be out of town next weekend, I wanted to share a blog post about something I've been excited about since before I...

Don't get me wrong: I'm happy I'm not melting in 102 degree weather in Texas. And sure, it's been almost a year in Europe (!) and I'm...

Yesterday was something of a Lithuania milestone for The Scientist and me. Let's be real for a second: gathering people together from...

Listen, there's just something about the color pink. I'll take it as a dusty, rosy beige, the coral and magenta hues of azaleas, the...