Katie Krueger's Snippets of Gratitude

It presented a nice distraction from my imminent fate of graduation, a job search, and the daunting task of redefining myself professionally.  Thus, my trip to Brazil became a symbol of hope and I was very excited  by the prospect of what would come from my work with the Global Business Project. The problem was, [...]

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“We have no plan here,” I say.  “I’m stopping.  We can’t just drive around hoping we get there.” “But look, the addresses are getting bigger,” my husband points out.  It was 800s, now we’re in the 900s.” Our rental car doesn’t have GPS, we have no smart phone, we have no map of downtown Napa, [...]

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The time suspended up in the air is one of my favorite parts of travel.  Neither here nor there, I can relax and read a book, watch a movie, or just sit.  I used to love the excuse that I couldn’t do any work on a plane.  This is why I initially thought inflight wi-fi [...]

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If you are planning a party, you want it to be big, right?  During my two years as an MBA student, I’ve worked as the project assistant at the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship.  One of the most fun tasks of each year has been planning the Center’s trip: last year to Chicago and this year [...]

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Wyalusing State Park is such a gem!  Camping on a bluff overlooking the confluence of the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers just puts anyone in a good mood.  Things I was grateful for this weekend: Stepping up the menu from the usual veggie burgers on a bun to chili, pasta, roasted veggies. Fun in the canoe [...]

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Google recently updated to include a lot more detail in four african countries’ maps – Senegal included.  Diene and I had so much fun finding his hometown, Yayeme (spelled Yayem on the map).  How fun to be able to see the road I walked from Fimela, where the bus would drop me off, to Yayeme, [...]

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