Inspired by 8- and 10-word stories. Image source for check. PNG created using Canva. Photo by Rita Gomes Oliveira on Unsplash
Memo Line on the Last Child Support Check
Category: Graphics
Contingencies for Ugly Situations
I just completed the first week of my third academic year in Qatar, and things seem to be off to a good start. I don't teach until 2pm, and this past week I awoke at 5am every day. So, during my ample morning free time, I have been working out at the gym in my… Continue reading Contingencies for Ugly Situations
Summer 2019 Travel Plans
Since the beginning of 2019, I have been thinking about how I want to spend my summer break—not because I am unhappy and itching to escape Doha—more so because I have 11 weeks off, and I want to make sure I maximize my work and vacation opportunities. Last summer, I had nine weeks off. Because… Continue reading Summer 2019 Travel Plans
An Expat Lenten Calendar
Over last couple days, I have been thinking about different genres of writing. After the recent mass shooting tragedy in New Zealand, I spent some time exploring the genre and history of the manifesto, which led me to an interesting article in The Atlantic entitled "Manifestos: A Manifesto". Subsequently, I toyed with the idea of… Continue reading An Expat Lenten Calendar
Spring Break Postcards
Here are nine days worth of postcards from my spring break trip to Finland and Estonia—written just for you, my reader. Enjoy! (All postcards made using Canva.)
Doggo Bloggo: a Saluki Tail
This week's blog post was inspired by too many flooofers and puppoems posts on Instagram. If my doggo bloggo did you a heart boop, then please check out Rescue Salukis Middle East on Instagram and on Facebook. I will owe you a treato.
10 of My Core Values
The other day at work, I attended a professional development session, which I thought was going to give me explicit instruction in how to design items for my appraisal action plan. Instead, participants at the session were asked to consider the things that brought meaning to their life and to create a vision for the… Continue reading 10 of My Core Values
