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Going Rogue: Texas Edition, Part 3

March 30, 2018September 1, 2018 ~ Emma ~ 2 Comments

36 hours is not a lot of time to decompress between two long, intense weeks of business trips; one must be focused and intent on having some serious R & R.  Being left in Houston, Texas with a car and a credit card, I took myself on a road trip, hitting Natural Bridge Caverns (Part … Continue reading Going Rogue: Texas Edition, Part 3

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Going Rogue: Texas Edition, Part 2

March 18, 2018October 22, 2019 ~ Emma ~ 2 Comments

I was left unattended for 36 hours in Houston, Texas, with a car, a credit card, and a mandate to relax and decompress between two intense, week-long training sessions.  So I took myself on a road trip, hitting Natural Bridge Caverns (Part 1), Pedernales Falls State Park (Part 2), and Austin, Texas (Part 3). Part 2 … Continue reading Going Rogue: Texas Edition, Part 2

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Going Rogue: Texas Edition, Part 1

March 11, 2018September 1, 2018 ~ Emma ~ 2 Comments

I recently had 36 unattended hours in Texas.  My only constraints were to drop my colleagues off at the Houston airport at 0500 Saturday morning, and be on a flight at 1700 Sunday evening. It was glorious. I had been in Houston for five days, completely occupied with boardroom meetings and wrangling maritime captains and … Continue reading Going Rogue: Texas Edition, Part 1

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Finding Vegetables in Houston

February 1, 2018November 15, 2019 ~ Emma ~ 1 Comment

I travel a lot. My job demands extensive travel so I spend a lot of time on airplanes, at hotels and Airbnbs, and in boardrooms.  Recently I have repeatedly found myself in the American south east which, coming from an island on the Canadian west coast predominately populated by wealthy hippies, is more alien than … Continue reading Finding Vegetables in Houston

Emma

Emma

I live for prancing through the forest barefoot, leaping into rivers, and climbing mountains.  I believe in saying ‘Yes!’ to the most absurd opportunities and always jumping in with both feet. I live on Vancouver Island with my partner, our cat, and my precious dog.

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