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Sunday and Spooky Season
It is a crisp, clear, beautiful Sunday morning. And instead of hiking the Craigs or walking the meadows, I am inside my dorm room with over 50 tabs open on my browser, writing research papers. And I wouldn’t have it any other way. My plants are in the hallways strategically placed to receive the afternoon Read more
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Due to extreme weather
Time for another “Where’s Kaylin?” Today, due to a series of recommendations, the kindred spirit of a friend and the goodwill of others, I am sitting in a breakfast bar found within an incredibly rainy village off the coast of the North Sea listening to “Aint no sunshine” and overhearing a conversation by some locals Read more
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Is there space for me?
It is Friday night and I am in desperate need of a piano. I need to clear my head, I need to create a song and flow with a scale. To decompress. To just be. It seems I have made a slight miscalculation in the music department. I did enough research to know there were Read more
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First Impressions
I’m writing this post from inside a cozy stone cafe near Meadows Park, drinking a chai, listening to piano jazz. I’m currently nursing a bit of a cold, which I believe is a direct result of overdoing it this week with events and efforts to set up my new life here. It’s truly surreal to Read more
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Packing
OK, episode two of ‘Where’s Kaylin?’ finds me sitting in a downtown coffee bar in Grand Junction, CO. I frequent whichever coffee bar can provide me with the best chai, so here I am at the simplistically decorated Kiln Coffee Bar. Four days away from departure, the most common questions I receive are: “Are you Read more
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My Visa What?
It was a promising, beautiful summer day. I woke up in my riverside bedroom feeling my best self, so I went on a 1.52 mile run (although I must admit to walking half the distance; the elevation in this area is undeniably challenging). After the run, I decided to treat myself to a visit of Read more
