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Clear filtersMarch 6, 2015
I use the blogs to categorize my life and get a chance to show off my perfectly color-coded calendar.
December 1, 2014
Let's talk about the weather - won't this be exciting?!
October 15, 2014
I am a great stroller, if I do say so myself.
June 23, 2014
For the first time, perhaps, you come to understand the permanence of your departure.
May 10, 2014
What to expect and what I learned as a first year (and, of course, a GIF!).
November 30, 2013
Points if you can identify a. ghosts and b. all the locations on campus.
November 24, 2013
Here are some of my favorite places to escape to when it starts to get cold outside and I'm more than happy to share them with you! So check them out and maybe I'll see you there!
November 16, 2013
Halloween has passed, yes, but ghosts never go out of season.
November 3, 2013
Little did I realize how befuddling it would be to leave the half-mile radius that marks the invisible border of my quotidian doings around campus and town.
November 1, 2013
A short list of some things I've realized since orientation.
October 23, 2013
It's so easy to fix up a little routine and then stick to it, and so easy to forget that there's always so much more to explore.
October 23, 2013
For my first blog post, I wanted to share one of my special secret spaces: my Pocahontas Tree (also known as Beacon Arbor)!