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
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…
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…
So I got pooped on… twas the secret magic of creation calling
… while reading under a tree in a park here in France. This tree, actually: Doesn’t that look like a great spot? I picked it because the ground was covered in flowers that looked like this: SO BEAUTIFUL!!! I still can’t believe it happened. And the craziest thing—-something inside me KNEW it was going to…
Bon Voyage a moi!!!!
Last Thursday my Dad brought me to the airport for my flight to France. After meeting Sarah and Bethany in Philly, we flew together to Paris. For the next two months, we will be in Vichy studying at Cavilam. On the way, SG and I watched The Descendants and tried to sleep. The Descendants was surprisingly…
summer comes, yeah, as loud as hope…
I am always so inspired by other people’s blogs so here I am, six months after my last post, hoping I won’t forget about this place that exists somewhere out in cyber-land, hoping I can contribute something to the world that might add a little beauty. It’s just every time I sit down at my…
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…
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…
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…
all good things are wild and free
April in Maine The flowers and trees have just started blooming, and it rains a lot. When it is sunny though, the temperature fluctuates between 40 and 70 degrees. On warmer days, anyone not in class can be found outside reading, biking, hiking, climbing trees, and then jumping from them. One of the trees has…
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Figure out what you hope for… live inside that hope.
“The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is to live inside that hope.” – Barbara Kingsolver “Poverty used to have the face of a woman, now poverty has the face of a child.” – Executive Director of UNV Kathe…
