Personal Angelica Kempa Personal Angelica Kempa

Everyday is an Adventure

I’m going to stand on my soapbox. I dislike the notion that one must travel to a foreign country to have an adventure. You can have an adventure outside your front door, all you have to do is open your eyes to your surroundings— here’s a story.

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Personal Angelica Kempa Personal Angelica Kempa

Alice or Dorothy

I enjoy old fantasy films like Disney’s Alice in Wonderland (1951) and 1939’s The Wizard of Oz. With these classic films shown from generation to generation, a thought popped into my head-- are some people more like Alice or Dorothy?

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I don’t know how to celebrate Christmas

I love the Christmas season. I love most Christmas movies and music, Christmas lights and decorations (especially when wrapped around bare trees—it makes the trees look brighter, cooler, and futuristic), and the smell of pine trees. Is it just me, or do people seem to be kinder this time of year? There is one thing that makes my crisp, pure snow idea of Christmas into a dirty pile of slush—I don’t know how to celebrate Christmas.

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