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May 1, 2016

Traveling & Writing

Written by Courtney Posted in Poetry Comments 0

I am fortunate I get to travel for my job. I work long hours and my job is very demanding, but it sends me all over the world and that is certainly a perk. In January I was in Australia

February 12, 2016

Flying

Written by Courtney Posted in Poetry Comments 0

When I flew to Australia last month it took me about 26 hours to get there, the longest leg being a 16-hour flight from Dallas to Sydney. That’s a lot of hours on a plane. I spent most of them

January 27, 2016

While Down Under

Written by Courtney Posted in Poetry Comments 1

For the past twelve days I’ve been in Australia for work. This means I missed the epic snowstorm, affectionately called Snowzilla, that buried DC. We all know that a good snowstorm is a built-in opportunity to curl up with a

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