reconnection, a beautiful christmas, and an awesome new year: let's see what 2010 brings!!
January 1st 2010 It is 2010. Can you believe it?!? I find it pretty hard to believe at times. And yet it felt very exciting last night as I spent my first ever new years here in Juneau, Alaska. I've been back here for about two days, and things have been going pretty well so far. This is actually my first blog entry from the states since last August and so much has happened since then!
When I left here, I was a
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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more 
