Refugee Crisis in Europe: From Syria to Ukraine
Image source: Refugee Art Project In December of 2015, I volunteered with CMS at a refugee camp in Slavonski Brod, Croatia during the Syrian refugee crisis. It was one of…
A Short Story About Seeking Government Employment: Applying to Be a Census Worker
For the past 4 months or so I’ve been traveling everywhere, which is made easier by the fact that I am living in my car because I am unemployed and…
A Jehovah’s Witness Stealing a Piece of My Spider Plant at McDonald’s Was My Last Normal Pre-Pandemic Interaction with a Stranger
I can vividly remember the last time I interacted with a stranger without anxiety they might give me a deadly virus. It was the last weekend I had before a…
The Yellow House: A Meditation on Mental Health at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam
The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is an immersive argument for the immeasurable value of human connection, and the necessity of empathy for mental illness. It also explores the rejection…
Living in Kazakhstan: A Firsthand Account of the Almaty Protests
“Let’s fly back to Kazakhstan on January 2nd from Turkey. School starts on the 10th and I want a week to just relax and enjoy Almaty.” You all know by…
I’m An American Living in Almaty, Kazakhstan and I Got the Sputnik V Vaccine
Here’s the story in one sentence: My partner and I were strictly social distancing and working from home since March 13, 2020 and on April 19th, 2021 we were officially…