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Maine

the 1st year in photos

4 June 16, 2019 Maine

the 1st year in photos

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Graduation Part Two

0 November 13, 2012 Maine

Graduation Part Two

In my last post I shared excerpts from Robert Krulwich’s speech, but I should quickly elaborate on COA’s graduation lest you think COA’s graduation is typical: it’s not. We do not wear the black caps & gowns that so often signify academic achievement. Many have flowers in their hair, and some walk across the stage barefoot. After receiving…

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Graduation Part 1

0 November 9, 2012 Maine

Graduation Part 1

On the first Saturday in June, my class said goodbye to our College of the Atlantic community and walked into the next part of our lives.  Robert Krulwich from NPR’s Radiolab gave the commencement speech. He urged us to find our pleasures, surround ourselves with “Yes” people, and get back up when we get knocked…

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Autumn in Maine

0 October 15, 2012 Maine

Autumn in Maine

For two days I wandered around Mount Desert Island. Sometimes with my best friend Sarah, but often alone. It was my first time on the island with no commitments other than to take photos. In places I hadn’t been before, I wandered. At Hunter’s Cove, I spread my body in the shape of a star…

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Great Duck Island

0 July 25, 2012 Maine

Great Duck Island

This summer (summer of 2012) Sarah—another recent graduate and my best friend—and I hopped aboard COA’s new boat the Osprey to check out what people were up to on Great Duck Island. Upon return, let’s see, 11 hours later, I had a new appreciation for land. Yep, I got really, really sea sick. The trip…

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Back in Maine

0 June 24, 2012 Maine

Back in Maine

Photography? I am super excited because after a brief stint away in Europe, I am back on Mount Desert Island, living in Bar Harbor, and accepting photography reservations for family, couples, engagement, and portrait sessions! My life as a photographer began years ago taking photos of my family, friends, and school. But now I’m available…

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0 September 11, 2010 Maine

September 11th, 2010

It’s been 9 years. I don’t have anything special I want to say to commemorate today or the lives lost. I just need to write. It’s been two months since I’ve been on here; I had to try a few different passwords to log-in. I’ve written since then, mostly about my grandmother and our time…

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Sophia’s trip to Maine

0 July 2, 2010 Maine

Sophia’s trip to Maine

Last week, I finally saved up enough money to buy a dslr camera! YAAAY! I have been borrowing cameras from the school library to take photographs, but now that school is over I had to take the plunge. Especially with everything I want to do with my grandmother. After lots of searching, I settled on…

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MDR and the Oil Spill

0 May 30, 2010 Maine

MDR and the Oil Spill

On Thursday I spent the day at Mount Desert Rock, a small island 25 nautical miles south of College of the Atlantic, and returned with new sorrow for the oil spill thousands of miles away. The rock is home to the furthest and most exposed lighthouse on the east coast. Although the island used to…

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Community Unity: An Evening of Solidarity

0 May 29, 2010 Maine

Community Unity: An Evening of Solidarity

It’s so hard to find time to write, but right now love is pulsing through me and I’ve been dancing around clapping with happiness all evening. Now I just need to write. Usually, I write when I’m either deeply troubled or overflowing with joy (and those two often go hand in hand). And that is…

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a letter to you

0 April 27, 2010 Maine

a letter to you

hello, you have stumbled into a corner of my world. welcome. at times it’s whimsical, quirky, and romantic, but it can also be scary, painful and confusing. the weather changes frequently. i hesitate to call this a “blog” because of the connotations surrounding blogs: i am not fighting for a particular cause, sharing all the…

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soldier on

0 March 7, 2010 Maine

soldier on

I haven’t had any time to write as I’ve been preparing to miss this last week of the school term to attend the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) as a youth delegate with SustainUS. Two thousand (2,000!!) women from around the world come to CSW at the U.N. headquarters in New York. The…

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