The World In Between

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• Self Doubt

  By Julie Callahan on December 11, 2013 • ( 4 )

  

  As my skills grow, my self-confidence fades.  Why is that?  When I was young, I learned quickly.  My brain was an empty sponge; easy to fill.  I forgave my mistakes with no self-flagellation.  Now, mistakes send me into a tail… Read More ›

• A Goose Feast and Pumpkin Strudel with Friends

  By Julie Callahan on December 4, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Right up until Thanksgiving Day, I didn’t think about the impending holiday.  Then Thursday arrived and it hit me; a lump in my throat; homesickness.  I was relieved.  I hope I always miss home on Thanksgiving.  That evening I attended… Read More ›

• Thanksgiving

  By Julie Callahan on November 28, 2013 • ( 8 )

  

  Today is Thanksgiving, our third since moving to Europe but the first which I will work.  Without family or friends, football games or turkey; today is just the fourth Thursday in November – a Hungarian workday like any other.  Burning… Read More ›

• No Country for Dreamers…

  By Julie Callahan on November 23, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  We tackled a poem during a recent lunchtime English conversation class; Dreams Deferred by Langston Hughes.   Not being terribly poetic myself, I stumbled upon it googling “Poems for ESL students”.   Poetry can be tough to interpret in a second language… Read More ›

• A Photography Workshop in North Wales

  By Julie Callahan on November 20, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  Clouds continually form and fade on the eastern flanks of Mount Snowdonia in North Wales creating the ever-changing light effect associated with this area. The hills are dabbed with fits of orange and yellow, an occasional smudge of stubborn green…. Read More ›

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