All articles filed in Samantha Joy
Fog Horns
Isolated Mind Conversations
Today is Monday although it feels just like any other day. My head feels emptier than it should be, and my stamina for irritation is much lower than it should be, and all of these feelings put together let me know that we are still very much in quarantine. I think about this current state…
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When I Flew
After a crazy few weeks of travel from one country to another and coming back to show a friend the country of New Zealand in Five days total and then getting back to work this is about the first time I have had in a long time to reflect on the individual memories I have…
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In The Land of Oz… Sydney, Australia.
A year ago, I would have never thought I would be sitting in bed today, writing a blog post about this past week I spent in Sydney, Australia… Yeah I guess we all say in a year so much can happen, but to be here… sitting here, making an attempt at describing all of…
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The Day I Witnessed Cathedral Cove
Blissful….Serene… and fantastically fun is the weekend I spent in the beautiful town of Coromandel. The host family of a fellow au pair of mine owns a “batch” or beach house out in Coromandel and were kind enough to let four of us use the house for the weekend once again. I previously wrote a…
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Tongariro Crossing Part 1
I feel as though I am really unable to type out a full complete blog post on my trip to and through the Tongariro Crossing. Because although I did make the treacherous 5 hour drive there, followed by the equally.. maybe even more treacherous… 5 hour drive back, I did not actually complete the Tongariro…
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The Lonely in Traveling
I’ve found that as fulfilling as travel can be, I find loneliness in it too. For we’ve found places, people, landscapes, and connections with things never even imagined before. We’ve discovered parts of ourselves that we hadn’t known existed and we’ve experienced vast amounts of memories that in the end no one else will ever…
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