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A New School Year and the Fallout of Moving
The house is still a mess with the exception of my bedroom/office and my eldest daughter’s room. The difficulties that we are having with finding a place for everything offer a good lesson to the ki… more »
Life in the Tropics
A New School Year and the Fallout of Moving
drbrucepk wrote 1 week ago: The house is still a mess with the exception of my bedroom/office and my eldest daughter’s room. T … more »
Normalizing Routines and a Feeling of Freedom
drbrucepk wrote 2 weeks ago: Yesterday I had the first real rush of the freedom of retirement. My wife and I were driving along J … more »
Five Early Lessons about Retirement
drbrucepk wrote 2 weeks ago: Well into the fourth week of retirement, I’m discovering some valuable lessons from what I’ve do … more »
Tropical maladies, immigration offices and other quirks of life in Bali
drbrucepk wrote 3 weeks ago: This is the end of my third week of retirement. The first two weeks were basically a mass of semi-co … more »
Moved
drbrucepk wrote 3 weeks ago: Yes, I’ve moved physically not in cyberspace. Still here although working on figuring out how to g … more »
A Forum Bites the Dust and a Move is About to Be Made
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drbrucepk wrote 1 month ago: I fancy this title because it reminds me of a 19th Century novel, and I’m feeling somewhat 19th Ce … more »
A Singapore Visa Run
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drbrucepk wrote 1 month ago: It’s been a week since school ended, and I’m edging nearer to where I want to be. I have a retir … more »
Transitions
drbrucepk wrote 1 month ago: Now that I’m out of school, there’s a sense of relief and a sense of disbelief. The sense of rel … more »
Down to the lasts
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drbrucepk wrote 1 month ago: Well, I made it down to the list of the lasts of my life as a resident of Sumbawa. We’ll still be … more »
A Beach Weekend
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drbrucepk wrote 1 month ago: Life as a teacher can be great; it can also be incredibly time-consuming. For most of the past 21 ye … more »
Four Weeks and Three Weekends
drbrucepk wrote 2 months ago: (Please don’t let me start counting sleeps – an expat joke about tourists coming to Bali for vac … more »
Another tropical weekend, another tropical weekend of weirdness
drbrucepk wrote 2 months ago: Another tropical weekend, another tropical weekend of weirdness. My youngest son had his 12th birthd … more »
Six Weeks (Not that I’m counting)
drbrucepk wrote 2 months ago: Well, six weeks to go before the end of my teaching career (at least in this incarnation). Busy as u … more »
Food Riots and the Price of Rice
drbrucepk wrote 2 months ago: So yesterday I was complaining about the moving blues. I finished up the blog reminding myself how l … more »
Those Moving Blues
drbrucepk wrote 3 months ago: My eldest daughter exclaimed yesterday, “Really, only seven more weeks until you move to Bali!” … more »
8 Weeks to Go and Under Water
drbrucepk wrote 3 months ago: I was watching a Yankees-Orioles game today on ESPN and one of the announcers commented that the Ya … more »
Ten Things Not to Do in the Tropics
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drbrucepk wrote 3 months ago: 1. Put your hand in a tree without first looking to see if a viper has made a home there – there … more »
Back in Sumbawa
drbrucepk wrote 3 months ago: Well, I’m back in Sumbawa one more time – well as a working teacher. I’ll be back once again a … more »
Little Adventures with a Big Daughter
drbrucepk wrote 4 months ago: Little Adventures with a Big Daughter I came here, back to Bali, for two reasons: to deal with my im … more »
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