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Charlene Holkenbrink-Monk

Reflections on Wanderlust Thanks to the Fulbright Award

Reflections on adventure and travel after receiving a Fulbright U.S. Scholar award.

Charlene Holkenbrink-Monk

Home is the Next Adventure

I wrote this in 2019 after a trip from Los Angeles to San Diego. I strumbled across it and felt it was fitting with the major changes in...

Charlene Holkenbrink-Monk

Nostalgic Melodies

Music fills the air, and the vibrations tiptoe down my spine, Whispering loud reminders of who I was once, And am now, And will be. A...

Charlene Holkenbrink-Monk

The Educator I Want to Be

The following entry includes two excerpts from a section of my memoir focused on my diagnosis of a pseudoaneurysm and how it influenced...

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