A student at Wesleyan University was murdered this afternoon. She worked at the bookstore cafe two blocks from where I lived senior year. Someone came in and shot her five times at point-blank range.

I know this sounds like just another tragic school shooting to everyone not from Wesleyan, but this was my school. Stuff like that never happens there ( Read more... )

After three close calls, including another freak snow day at the end of April, we finally shovelled manure onto the garden today. Two truckloads worth. I had to crawl onto the truck and kick it down because it was too compact. Photos forthcoming.

In other news, my plate is overflowing and I am totally fried and exhausted. Two more weeks before the ( Read more... )

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One of the best days at work ever. We gave about 6 presentations toelementary school kids about gardening and helped them plant differentkinds of seeds in cups. They'll take care of in their classroom andwe'll come back to help them transplant the seedlings to their classgarden outside. Second graders and younger make me melt. I got no lessthan ( Read more... )

God bless Denver weather. We had a snowstorm yesterday, so no work for two days. Instant four day weekend. They kept us busy for a few hours doing light office work and even had us drive out to three random people's houses and offer to shovel their lawns (????), but aside from these token gestures of work, it's been nice. Martin led an amazing ( Read more... )

- Seek out strengths and positives about people and situations and reflect them in my mind, speech, and actions
- Maintain daily happy journal
- Take initiative by suggesting opportunities and doing more things independently
- Write a poem a week
- Run twice a week in preparation for first 5K run
- Complete ISP hours
- Limit computer time
- Support ( Read more... )

After driving through the endless miles of golden wasteland that is Kansas, we made it back to Denver! I am so glad that I'm staying here for this round. It just feels right. Maybe I'm confusing this excitement and contentedness with nostalgia for college life. It is very easy to pretend sometimes that I'm back at school, especially since I've had ( Read more... )

I'm staying in Denver for the next round! I'll be working with Learning Landscapes to create green spaces in urban elementary schools and help kids maintain a vegetable garden, paint murals, and get healthy and active. This was my choice, so I'm crazy excited. I have two good friends on my team, including my awesome roommate, so the next two months ( Read more... )

Happy Valentine's Day, ya'll. I decided against going to Memphis today to have the day to myself and relax. It was really, really nice. I finished my email to Alissa (just need to go send it), watched 27 Dresses and Waitress, and slept forever. This is the first day in awhile that I've felt truly awake. It was a good call.

Where is the time going? ( Read more... )

We're starting our third week in good ol' Little Rock, Arkansas! Just about five more to go. My mind is fried, so I'm going to do this Alex Kirst style for some sense of cohesion:

( spike 2 )