Love for Mt. Hood

I figured an eight-month hiatus from this blog was long enough and that I might shock many of you by actually writing again!… or just posting pretty photos. I have enough content to write for days, but it’s always a balance of time. Now that it’s summer in Oregon, the days are long and my […]

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29: A Year of Growth

I landed in Portland a year ago today, after a 12-hour drive from Utah, and just in time to see my best friend play her last soccer game of the season. I recall shivering as the sun faded below the horizon and decided in that instance I was right all along- it never gets warm […]

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Fall in Portland- I’m Still Here!

New Home I have been in Portland for four and a half months. My days of sleeping on a couch are finally over. I put my John Hancock on a lease a couple of weeks ago (something I haven’t done in 7 years!) and moved last weekend with my best friends. I have my own […]

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Moving Day, A New Chapter, & Lessons from Frat Boys

Today I am headed west, across the country with a packed car. I am moving. And I am kind of, sort of, really nervous. And excited. And nervous. I still have my bobblehead Alan to keep me company but I no longer have my road tripping buddy Stella, as I did two years ago. This […]

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Amsha Website Launch & Life Plans (For Now)

After blogging very little in the past few months, I actually miss it quite a lot. I reviewed my posts from my  last few months in Kenya, and I barely posted anything! So much to say, and yet, so very little time (or energy!). I thought I would catch up on the here and now […]

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Dear America, I Miss You

My apartment was broken into last month and I was robbed (that’s after being pick-pocketed), and I have since moved into temporary housing until I move into my new place at the end of the week. I have written about it, but want to wait to post it publicly until things have been finally resolved […]

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