photo from the Ethnographic Museum, Ljubljana below are blogposts from my Fulbright year in Slovenia
Category: Living in Europe
when you fall in love
It was inevitable, this love. I could have predicted it. I saw it out there in the sea four years … More
standing in an arsenal
In Celje, we climbed the stairs of the arsenal–walls 3 meters deep. We stood at the top and looked across … More
Prague
After I went to Prague last month, I began writing prose poems like crazy, inspired by some intangible element I … More
Tolminska Korita: Going Back
This photograph was taken at Tolminska Korita, in the mouth of the cave, Zadlaška jama. After eating trout from the … More
Approaching April
As April 7th approaches, I anticipate what has become inevitable these last few years: sudden emotional unraveling as I move through spring. … More
in my slovenian kitchen
There we were: a biologist, an environmental geographer, a law professor and a writer, in my Ljubljana kitchen, each of … More
encountering: a photo essay at lake bled
We sat at a mountaintop cafe eating walnut bread, drinking hot tea and brandy. “What’s this herb called in English?” … More
response to working in refugee camp
Fear. I have been incredibly fortunate in my life. I have never fled war or known terror. But I’ve had … More
culture shock
I was mostly alone for two months before I had any friends or family in Ljubljana, Slovenia, where I’m living … More