Category Archives: musings

Mrs. Bantle, who I now call Trish after finishing highschool, was my middle school homeroom teacher, my crosscountry coach, and so much more than that. She was the one who braided my hair on the bus ride over to every cross country meet. She was the one who proofread the first chapter of a bookContinue reading “Trish”

Call me Josie. Welcome. I’m currently student teaching in Taupo, a city in the north island of New Zealand for the next 5 months. I’m staying with a host mother in a house right on Lake Taupo. This isn’t my first adventure, though! My first significant travel experience was when I was 17. I tookContinue reading “allow me to introduce myself”