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Charlene Holkenbrink-Monk
May 179 min read
Reflections on Wanderlust Thanks to the Fulbright Award
Reflections on adventure and travel after receiving a Fulbright U.S. Scholar award.
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Charlene Holkenbrink-Monk
May 54 min read
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...
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Charlene Holkenbrink-Monk
Aug 9, 20237 min read
Water Color Skies
Right around the end of May, you’ll find me preparing my car, preparing it for an annual road trip to Illinois, where I spend a...
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Charlene Holkenbrink-Monk
Jul 4, 20234 min read
Finding Joy
I am currently sitting at the dining table at my house in the Midwest. I don't actually live here - my dad does - but this house has been...
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Charlene Holkenbrink-Monk
Jun 20, 20234 min read
Life After the PhD
I initially started this website a year ago when I felt as if I was drowning, struggling to find out what my next steps would be and...
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Charlene Holkenbrink-Monk
Jun 1, 20231 min read
See the World
Photos in here are my own photos I've taken from my trip to Belize in March 2023. Let's go to Rome, To see the Trevi Fountain, Or visit...
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Charlene Holkenbrink-Monk
Oct 17, 20214 min read
A Different Family: An Introduction
This is an introduction to the first realistic fiction novel I am writing. Meeting this family, we learn that they are a little...
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