From Celina-Marie Kuehne | This year starts with an extraordinary trip and an extraordinary 18th birthday for me. I will be heading to Chiang Mai, Thailand for a field trip with the seniors of Austin High School’s Academy of Global Studies in early January. And so I become the first in our family to visit…
We dropped off Celina at the airport in Austin at 3:00 am on Saturday so that she could go on her trip to Thailand. It’s just stupid for us that we’ve already drunk so much coffee to be able to realize the trip at this time of day that we’re now (at 4 a.m.) sitting…
from Celina-Marie Kuehne | In the U.S., writing an essay as part of a college application is expected. I did this, of course, but the essay became a bit comprehensive. So I have posted the extended version here on our website. So here’s the question I’ve been dealing with: “What unique opportunities or challenges have…
Special birthdays also require a special way of celebrating. And since the invited guests did not comply with the jubilarian’s wish for a personal presence here on site, we decided to do something different on the spur of the moment. And as we know, that means doing something at a different location. So we collected…
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One thousand days ago, we landed on time at 2:15 PM at the airport in Austin to begin a new and exciting chapter of our lives here in Texas. One thousand days of experiences, adventures, challenges, and successes, but also disappointments and setbacks. Just like most other people have experienced in the past one thousand…
