As I skip around the globe teaching English, one of my favorite traditions is coordinating a pen pal program between the Soulshine kids in Atlanta, Georgia and my international ESL students. As a child, I remember writing to my pen pal in Hawaii and being ecstatic every time I found a new letter for me in the mailbox. Now, … Continue reading Pen Pals: Dear America, From the Czech Republic
Prague is the stuff of storybooks and fairytales. Whimsical spires and unassuming elegance conjure an aesthetic for fantasists and dreamers. Being here is like being in between the states of awake and sleeping, where consciousness is malleable and reality seems blurred around the edges. Time slows down while you stir in your bed, relishing the last few … Continue reading Bohemian Rhapsody
This is Liberec: a cozy, homey, charming little place surrounded by the Jizera Mountains, sometimes affectionately and other times begrudgingly referred to as the "toilet of the Czech Republic." What they mean by that is it rains a lot here, like the gods are wringing out a wet towel over the city. It seems like the weather is always a topic … Continue reading My New Roots
Signal Festival in Prague for the night to watch pretty lights dance on things. To watch the city come alive and to be challenged in my perspective of the familiar and mundane. The first installation was spellbinding--a psychedelic projection of evil, ambition, and sanctified being against the facade of a church, a perfect church. All of … Continue reading Signal Light Festival in Prague
Joc Cousteau 