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TESOL Teacher, textile artist, video game lover, and happily a nerd.

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My Reaper from Overwatch cosplay so far. Still have a lot to do, but I am happy with how it's all coming together.

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Don’t mind me, just doin’ some doodles.

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Amsterdam in one day

Amsterdam in one day

So Easter has come and gone again and this year I decided to head out to The Netherlands to visit some friends. At first I struggled to explain to people that I was visiting some friends I had never actually met in person before. That concept still seems strange to people and perhaps the fact that it doesn’t seem strange to me speaks of my willingness to trust others. In any case, I am now…

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What I've Missed

What I’ve Missed

Well I have taken a long break from writing blog posts, I have sort of been distracted with other things and I suppose I do not really have much of an excuse. I should have written sooner, since I have missed about six months worth of writing now. Do not fret though, nothing terribly exiting has happened in those six months. To sum up the last couple months: I went back to Canada for the summer,…

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Day three of a Czech adventure

I know this post is long overdue and I must apologise for that. I have been a bit… well not writer’s block, more like distracted. So to continue from where I left off with my last post in this small series, after we had left Prague we headed the small town of Kutna Hora. I’ve been on trains before, if the Go Train counts that is. The trains in the Czech Republic are completely different from any…

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We are all actors

This week one of my coworkers made an observation that struck me as rather true and strange all at the same time. To paraphrase what he said: As teachers we are actors, it’s all an act in the classroom. He has a point, when I am in the classroom I am not myself, I am someone else entirely, I put on an elaborate act. My fear of talking in front of groups of people vanishes and I gain a confidence…

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Day two of a Czech adventure

There is something magical about spring, maybe it’s the fresh warm air, the sound of the birds chirping or the flowers blooming. Whatever it is though I love opening up the windows on my day off and letting spring flow through our flat. I also love perching on my window ledge with my laptop and writing while watching people mill about bellow and seeing the clouds slowly drift by over the…

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I’ve been suffering from writer’s block, so instead of write, I decided to start building one of my characters homes in Landmark. 

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Day one of an Easter trip

Day one of an Easter trip

Spring is in the air, it’s a nice warm day and the sun is shinning and the birds are chirping. How lucky we are to have such beautiful weather. I wish I could say the same about the day we packed up and headed out to the Czech Republic over Easter. Instead when we crawled out of bed at 5am it was dark and cold outside and the weather prompted us to pack more warm clothes than we actually ended up…

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Swan in Prague, gorgeous city, but apparently I fell more in love with the birds.

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Sedlec Ossuary in Kutna Hora. This was a wonder place to visit and well worth the trip there. If you are planning on going to Prague I would say skip the city and go straight to Kutna Hora. More photos and a blog post to come on my blog: www.280daysinpoland.wordpress.com

All of these photos belong to me, please do not copy or use them for anything. 

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out

Dear readers,

I know it has been a while since I have written anything here and I must apologize for that. I have been sitting in a state of not so blissful writer’s block, where the wall has been the focus of my stare for countless hours and my blank notepad had remained blank. It is moments like that where you find yourself not sure if your thoughts are worth sharing or whether what you have to…

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How do you take your tea?

Milk, 2 spoons of sugar, black. How do you take you tea? Maybe with a bit of syrup if you’re Polish. There are several things I have learned to enjoy about this country, when I left Canada I knew I would miss certain things. One thing I was not expecting to miss was cream in my coffee. Instead they use evaporated milk or a version of it anyway and I’ve grown used to it.

Other things I have found…

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The man who stares

Once upon a time, in a small shop, in a small town, there was a man. He often stood in the back corner, waiting and watching. What he was waiting for was always unclear for whenever the three hapless heroes of this tale tried to greet him he did nothing but stare.  (more…)

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Episode One of Life at a Language School

With snow finally on the ground in a nice thick blanket that crunches under your feet, the small town of Myslenice is finally enjoying the winter season. The mountains are dusted with the white stuff and the tree branches bow under the weight of it. Birds still flutter about in the skies and in the square you can hear their chirping as more snow falls and dusts the ground in it’s brilliance.

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White walls

I shall not delay a moment longer, I’ve put it off to long. I must focus, focus… focus… I have no idea what focus really is. I seem to lack it all aspects of my life. When I was going through university I tended to lack focus and my art was always all over the place. It’s the same when I write. It simply just does not happen.

I have been staring at a blank document for the last day or so as I…

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Still Christmas?

The last couple of days here have been a complete surprise for both myself and my flatmates. In Canada, Christmas ends on boxing day. The 26th tends to mark the end of the celebrations before we move onto New Years. Here in Poland Christmas seems to hold a different meaning and I haven’t fully begun to understand it. (more…)

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