Work Change I started law school in 2008, which may have been the worst possible year to start law school. The economic recession had hit the legal market hard, and when it
Palau Straight and Narrow In the summer of 2013 I was living in Palau, on the Equatorial Pacific, for work. I had been on the islands for nearly a year—a very hard year.
Ridiculous Excuse MY Christmas! Since 2011, I've been receiving emails from all of you on all sorts of topics and for all sorts of reasons. Some of the emails contain photos of
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Two days ago I got on a flight and I was seated next to a middle aged man who AND I'M NOT JUDGING seemed a little cranky. I&
Palau The Only Footprints I Shall Leave I walked out onto the beach. It was sunny, already pretty warm even though it was only 9:30 AM. There aren't waves in the water in Palau.
Ridiculous Cookie Present I booked a tour with a Japanese company several weeks ago to go see Kayangel, which is the northernmost island in Palau. I had never been, but heard it'
Church Worlds Collide Palau is so much more beautiful than I remembered. I knew it was breathtaking. At least, that's how I described it when people asked. But coming back here
Palau The Land of Coconuts Alii, from the land of coconuts. It feels weird to be able to say that again. It's still hot in Palau. Still humid enough that walking feels more
Palau He'll Love Palau A high energy version of "Walkin' in a Winter Wonderland" is blasting through a not-so-bad sound system embedded in the airport ceiling. It's New Year&
Palau Have you ever let yourself quit something? We're leaving for Palau in a few weeks and that is feeling very surreal to me. I've started trying to make plans for some activities while
Daniel Return to Palau I returned to the United States of God Bless America from Palau just over six years ago WHAT HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE. I've been thinking about Palau a
Church To Be Seen I kept myself busy throughout my life as a coping mechanism. If I was too busy to stop and think, I would be too busy to be afraid. If I
Daniel Life is Always Sunny in Palau For Strangerville this week I decided to share a story about Palau. The written version of the story may be found below. Please enjoy. And also, don't forget
Book Fear of Failure Years ago, when I was living in Palau, I decided to try to write a book. It was a good time to make a first attempt because there are, let&
EMBARRASSING Cringe A few years ago I was talking to my childhood best friend Sam's dad because he had stopped by Bob and Cathie's house for some reason.
Palau Seaweed The water moved in and out. Slowly. Methodically. Miles of coral reef prevented it from forming enough critical mass to make waves. The sun was dropping down, settling into an
Nostalgia The Year Of When I was sitting in my office in the hot tropics with ants literally crawling on my feet in February of 2013, I started having a panic attack. It wasn&
Palau A Binder of Documents I poured over a binder of documents that if presented carefully should have helped someone in court. It was late, and I was tired. But it didn't matter. The contention of litigation didn't care that I was tired. Fighting. That&
Daniel Hard Conversations For the last couple of years I've been silently obsessing over something about which I have been unable to come to a conclusion. I don't love
Ridiculous Pioneer Day Marathon Yesterday was Pioneer Day and Tami's birthday so obviously Tami and I did our favorite activity--the one that brought about her existence--and ran the Pioneer Day marathon. A
Ridiculous Natalie's Tinder Almost exactly four years ago, I was hitting my low point in The Land of Coconuts. How it has been four years since I was living in Palau makes no
Ridiculous Return of the Ants I lived a nightmare recently. You guys. ANTS. Some of you are old enough to remember that this isn't my first foray into ant-tastrophe. Daniel and I participated in World War III with the creatures in Palau three years ago [https://www.
Nostalgia Sandals I was glancing through some old Stranger posts when I came across the image above. I shared that one with you on January 11, 2013, just over three years ago
Annie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Wade and I are running a half marathon in Salt Lake on Saturday morning so to prepare we are eating a very large bag of Swedish Fish with Rebecca tonight
Wade Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions You guys. I'm sitting in my office and for the last several hours I've been able to smell onions and it has been driving me crazy
