<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[A Better Ending (Wix Studio)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sam Gordon Wexler]]></description><link>https://www.samgordonwexler.us/my-blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 04:33:51 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.samgordonwexler.us/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Checkpoint – Month 10: May in Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[With my recent arrival in Ireland, my return home has become increasingly “real.” With the two-month countdown beginning, I have...]]></description><link>https://www.samgordonwexler.us/post/checkpoint-month-10-may-in-review</link><guid isPermaLink="false">683f49de13b054eec39ccd29</guid><category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2025 19:24:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1545ed_15ecbedd285e4874add37bdd51d7c9bf~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>samgordonwexler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Checkpoint – Month 9: April in Review ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Redwoods in Rotorua Unironically, Closing Time by Semisonic has been stuck in my head the past couple of days, giving me a strange sense...]]></description><link>https://www.samgordonwexler.us/post/checkpoint-month-9-april-in-review</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6815ef3280e2422fe5172b7d</guid><category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2025 10:48:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1545ed_4d20f0bf954a42f380d201fef5265d0d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>samgordonwexler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Checkpoint - Month 8: March in Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the best views of Rangitoto, a volcano just off of Auckland. Another month has come and gone. My heart is dropping slowly to my...]]></description><link>https://www.samgordonwexler.us/post/checkpoint-month-8-march-in-review</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67ec685b6e3c528b1e89b348</guid><category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 22:45:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1545ed_bf3f2df776dc4cc3b66ccc9db62054c6~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>samgordonwexler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Checkpoint - Month 7: February in Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[*Project reflections at the end   As I’m writing this, I have the oddest feeling in my stomach – and no it is not all the Indian curry...]]></description><link>https://www.samgordonwexler.us/post/checkpoint-month-7-february-in-review</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67c3c8b6b89c8a50fa8593e7</guid><category><![CDATA[India]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2025 03:06:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1545ed_4f6407df4b304330b6d75cf7fc790986~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>samgordonwexler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's No Such Thing As Strangers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Although it feels like I just landed in India, I have just rounded the corner on the halfway mark of my time here. When I was planning...]]></description><link>https://www.samgordonwexler.us/post/there-s-no-such-thing-as-strangers</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67aca76e4b7861550b2e5b77</guid><category><![CDATA[India]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:10:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1545ed_1e30ed4748e54d8494980074ce62adad~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>samgordonwexler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Checkpoint - Month 6: Butterfly Palliative Home ]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s impossible to describe my emotions as I type out these words: I am halfway through my Watson journey. So much has changed since I...]]></description><link>https://www.samgordonwexler.us/post/checkpoint-month-6-butterfly-palliative-home</link><guid isPermaLink="false">679f6c5bf6468bbbe30ff7f6</guid><category><![CDATA[South Africa]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 2025 13:20:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1545ed_3fe9d192a2ea4778bb22a2ac7245bebd~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>samgordonwexler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quality of Life VS. Pro-Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[I will start this post with the disclaimer that this piece will be unlike the others I have written so far. It’s by necessity more...]]></description><link>https://www.samgordonwexler.us/post/quality-of-life-vs-pro-life</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67854d4368cb4d9b62b646e0</guid><category><![CDATA[South Africa]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 20:51:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1545ed_293a6b2ced8841dcad9b967cad3930e8~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_872,h_510,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>samgordonwexler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Checkpoint - Month 5: December in Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[View from Butterfly Palliative Home. December has always felt like a transitory month to me. 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In my last two weeks as an apprentice at the Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop, I was told I would build my own...]]></description><link>https://www.samgordonwexler.us/post/a-coffin-of-my-own</link><guid isPermaLink="false">675f3ea227406be9b1cdcd70</guid><category><![CDATA[Ghana]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2024 20:52:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1545ed_71055508ea314c28b37d476eb531b87c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>samgordonwexler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Checkpoint – Month 4: November in Review ]]></title><description><![CDATA[There’s a pocket of peace within the persistent activity and noise that is Teshie, Ghana. 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I wake up around 5:30 am almost every day to the sound of...]]></description><link>https://www.samgordonwexler.us/post/a-labor-of-love-birth-death-and-coffins</link><guid isPermaLink="false">673a26d71c8bd1f5d8463382</guid><category><![CDATA[Ghana]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Nov 2024 17:39:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1545ed_f9c4cf8d92ad4baa914a003f4cf272b0~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>samgordonwexler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[November 6, 2024 - A Break From Normal Content ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today was a hard day - perhaps the most challenging I’ve had since being on Watson. I debated posting this as it started more as a...]]></description><link>https://www.samgordonwexler.us/post/november-6-2024-a-break-from-normal-content</link><guid isPermaLink="false">672bf141a77b027388b56469</guid><category><![CDATA[Ghana]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 22:46:31 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>samgordonwexler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Checkpoint – Month 3: October in Review ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Disclaimer: I have in fact already arrived in Ghana but this was written on October 29th! 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I struggle to remove myself from the warmth of my bed,...]]></description><link>https://www.samgordonwexler.us/post/checkpoint-month-2-september-in-review</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66fc33bcde68a92a37182058</guid><category><![CDATA[The United Kingdom]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 20:40:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1545ed_97df623e458c411797db7948392eb00a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>samgordonwexler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Downpours, Death, Degrees, Etc. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before I begin this post, I must add the disclaimer that education in the US – and the many ways it falls short – is one of my long-time...]]></description><link>https://www.samgordonwexler.us/post/downpours-death-degrees-etc</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66f8516d70d89ac855abcf8c</guid><category><![CDATA[The United Kingdom]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2024 19:00:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1545ed_d376c789f42b4b4fb5ddaf1413ee5718~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>samgordonwexler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's Talking About Foucault Again...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Another Watson hypothesis has been proven: each place I visit will look entirely different routine-wise and require certain adaptations...]]></description><link>https://www.samgordonwexler.us/post/she-s-talking-about-foucault-again</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66e722252673206d8c4389c1</guid><category><![CDATA[The United Kingdom]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2024 18:07:38 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>samgordonwexler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Checkpoint, Month 1: August in Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[Currently, I am sitting on an Avanti West Coast train as it whisks me north from London to Lancaster. 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