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Jules Arata
Jun 13, 20223 min read
session two: pendulum
6/7-6/13 each session has those campers. the ones that seek to know me & the kitchen staff. ones that ask to listen, and are eager to...
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Jules Arata
Jun 6, 20223 min read
session one: so this is it
5/30-6/6 before this first session started, i thought i was prepared. i thought i remembered what it was like to have campers in the...
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Jules Arata
May 29, 20222 min read
Staff Training (the Remix)
this is my fourth summer of going through staff training. the fourth summer of sitting through all of the classes, going through the same...
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Jules Arata
May 7, 20223 min read
upstairs
Broken Arrow, OK when i found out we were flying to tulsa, i thought it was a joke. like seriously. in high school, we would drive up...
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Jules Arata
Apr 25, 20225 min read
talking to my moon
London by Mokita Its been three months since I saw you Just a few texts here and there I saw you're on a beach somewhere I think I forgot...
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Jules Arata
Apr 23, 20223 min read
the capitol
Austin, TX much like the fort worth event, we drove to this one. and i know that i said driving to an event didn't really make it feel...
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Jules Arata
Apr 20, 20223 min read
down by the river
Jackson, MO here i go again adding another state to my list, 26 overall, but 8th with this job alone. i have become used to seeing new...
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Jules Arata
Mar 27, 20222 min read
dutch country
Willow Street, PA my first time in PA, in a little town about halfway between harrisburg and philadelphia. a tiny town that is about 4...
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Jules Arata
Mar 5, 20222 min read
just beachy
Ocean Springs, MS this trip started out rocky. we suddenly went from a team of 4 to having to switch supervisors and lose another team...
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Jules Arata
Feb 27, 20223 min read
a week in paradise
The Villages, FL this week felt like a movie. location? florida, sunny & hot & foggy in february community? the villages, a 55+...
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Jules Arata
Feb 16, 20222 min read
the neighbors
Fort Worth, TX when you only drive 45 mins to get to your event, no plane or security lines involved at all, it can feel as though you...
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Jules Arata
Feb 14, 20222 min read
a day about love
“let not our longing slay our appetite for living” -Jim Elliot lately people have been telling me about just how great the season of...
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Jules Arata
Jan 29, 20223 min read
the great north
Burnsville, MN not gonna lie, going into this trip, i am nervous. i am worried about my mental and physical toughness and just how...
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Jules Arata
Jan 11, 20223 min read
a 30-day journey
12/26/2021 so i know it may sound like a crazy undertaking, but i am currently in the middle of attempting to read the entire Bible in...
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Jules Arata
Jan 9, 20221 min read
Yahweh Energy
okay so just to be super duper clear: this playlist is a work in progress! i am open to song suggestions, i am open to songs being...
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Jules Arata
Dec 20, 20212 min read
it's not what you think...
i'm that kind of person who falls hard. i would rather live in a dream world than reality. i am an extremely hopeless romantic and man do...
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Jules Arata
Dec 4, 20214 min read
Emergency Contact by Haley Joelle
Went to the doctor today 'Cause last week was my birthday Guess that means it's been two years since I moved out to LA You thought that...
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Jules Arata
Nov 25, 20212 min read
a turkey day void of tradition
every year for the past 12 years, thanksgiving has always been the same. but this year i guess the theme is "change" and man are they...
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Jules Arata
Nov 21, 20213 min read
a simple weekend in upstate NY
Rochester, NY due to air travel issues (as is the case with a lot of people nowadays) i arrived later than i expected to. under the...
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Jules Arata
Nov 16, 20214 min read
Leave Your Life by Ed Sheeran
If I forget to say goodbye Before I catch the plane Would you know the way that I Feel when I'm away? We'll see the same sky tonight But...
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