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UW Honors Berlin Study Abroad – final reflection / project

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أكتب كل توم

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! لبنان – بيروت

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Ich bin zzzzzzz….

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Take two!

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!لحَمْد لله‎‎ا

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I don’t know if y’all REALLY understand how de

I don’t know if y’all REALLY understand how deep my love of (and need for) dairy goes... but last week we finally got over to @faintinggoatgelato and brought home 8 pints. “EIGHT PINTS!?” you say. YES! To be fair, the vanilla one was for the dog.

Anyway. It’s a small pleasure. And I am determined to keep Fainting Goat in business. We’re almost done with these, so we’ll be heading back soon... for ten pints this time.
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#iscream #youscream #weallstuckinquarantine #faintinggoatgelato #seattle #eatlocal #gelato

So this has become a nightly thing... 2-3 hours of

So this has become a nightly thing... 2-3 hours of rollerblading, till the sun goes down and beyond! And since we’ve been leaving one member of the family inside while the three of us are out rolling up and down the street 1500 times... Husband got an dog-walking attachment for his bike! Someone is getting trained to jog alongside. I’d take her on my rollerblades, but... let’s just say I’m not very good at stopping quickly. 🤣
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#familytime #almostsummernights #almostsummer #rollerblading #inlineskating #wheels #quarantine2020 #makingthebestofit #seattlesuburbs #hamming #hammingitup #cheese #fromage

Fa caldo! E’ la stagione per il limoncello fatto

Fa caldo! E’ la stagione per il limoncello fatto en casa! Quest’anno, potremmo aver bisogno di più del solito! Beviamo! Saluti!

It’s hot out! Homemade limoncello season is upon us! This year may require a few more batches than usual... Let’s drink! Cheers! 🍋 🍋 🍸 😷 .
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#limoncello #homemadelimoncello🍋🍋 #lemonlove #hothotheat #likeitaliansdoit #beviamo #saluti

I’ve had dogs my entire life, but husband veheme

I’ve had dogs my entire life, but husband vehemently hated dogs. Or so he thought. I’ve had lots of shelter dogs throughout my life, and my Dad used to bring dogs home that people abandoned at the airport (where he worked). But I had a really bad and heartbreaking experience with my last shelter dog, and I wasn’t up for trying again. The end.

I’ve always loved and wanted a shepherd.
So several years ago, I was doing my usual google-search-look-at-dogs thing, and I stumbled across a breeder who only had silver, black, and white Shepherds. His family had been raising them for decades. Not only are his dogs raised on a working farm (true story!) where they spend their days running around outside, but half of them are trained and sent off for search and rescue teams. (His dogs are part of the search and rescue team sent over for many of the international disasters—earthquakes, tsunamis, etc.) They’re not your average shepherd—his dogs are a Czech working line of German Shepherd.
So many years ago, I got my husband to agree to go visit the farm and the puppies—just to see them. And I genuinely did not want to do anything that day but have him see some awesome dogs. But then we showed up, and this one stole his heart. I figured, since he was the hard sell, better to let him choose one he liked! Needless to say... it turns out he loves dogs, he just didn’t know it. 🤣 And then I got it in my head to get a second dog after all these years... Husband was significantly easier to convince this time.

So, after spending four hours filling out rescue applications and being completely ignored for almost two months... we went back to the breeder, found out there’s more puppies on the way, and there you go! A litter was born last week, and we’re getting ourselves another dog in July!

Do not celebrate their arrests yet. An arrest is n

Do not celebrate their arrests yet. An arrest is not a conviction.
And the DA who first refused to go after Ahmaud’s killers is still free and still has their job.
#justiceforahmaud

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I'll Tell You in Person

I'll Tell You in Person

by Chloe Caldwell

In at the Deep End

In at the Deep End

by Kate Davies

The Pisces

by Melissa Broder

So Sad Today: Personal Essays

So Sad Today: Personal Essays

by Melissa Broder

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