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Coming Home: International Travel During a Pandemic

International Travel is Interesting During a Pandemic My wife has trained my daughters and I well in the use of the word “interesting.” She tells us that it is what to say when you don’t know what else to say, or when you don’t necessarily want to call something out as good or bad. Maybe […]

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Sabbatical Notes 2: Travel

How much stuff does a family of four need to take for 6 months in Australia? “Need” is the operative word here. Let’s just say that we didn’t want to buy anything we already had, and we had a BIG baggage allowance: 2 x 23 kg checked bags + 1 carry-on + 1 “personal” item […]

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Sabbatical Notes 1

Well, the sabbatical has finally started. I’ve sent my first “I can’t attend that meeting because I’m on sabbatical” email (which felt great) and I’m getting ready to invoke the out-of-office email autoreply. Two years of planning have set us up for this great adventure. It is a great privilege to have a paid sabbatical, […]