I am home! And it is snowing outside. It’s beautiful. Welcome to the Christmas season!
I’m pretty overwhelmed right now, as I try to get back into life here. I visited St. Olaf on Sunday night and nearly drowned in the amount of information I had to process immediately. I was fully aware that time passes [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘holidays’
16 December 2008
Advent Conspiracy
1 January 2008
heading north
I apologize for my long silence. Finals and then the holidays simply ran away with me! So I hope you’ll accept my belated wishes of a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
January has dawned frigid as usual. Today at noon the temperature was 6 degrees Fahrenheit. The last few years [...]
1 December 2007
Welcome to December
Well! December certainly seems to be asserting herself. Twelve hours in, there was already 4 inches of snow on the balcony outside my window and more pouring from the sky. Today was beautiful! It snowed heavily until about 5:00 this evening. The campus is now shrouded in a clean layer of [...]
29 November 2007
kuzins
It’s been a while, I know.
Thanksgiving was amazing. truly. I know many people hate time spent with family – especially extended family, but it’s not like that with me. My cousins and I grew up together. We’re more friends than cousins. We love each other dearly and enjoy the company [...]
19 November 2007
I cheated
I know, I know. You’re not allowed to listen to Christmas music until AFTER Thanksgiving dinner and that moment is only about 72 hours away, but I just couldn’t help it. It’s been so long since I’ve listened to Christmas music and before I could think too hard about it, I pressed play. [...]