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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

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...

Charlene Holkenbrink-Monk

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...

Charlene Holkenbrink-Monk

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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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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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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