I have only been away from the woods for two weeks, but I am already finding myself longing for nature ( Read more... )

I guess now would be an appropriate time to do a recap of 2008, but I think I'll save that for my other journal, or maybe not at all. I'm trying not to look back right now. I'm more focused on looking forward, or at least trying to be. A lot has happened this year, that has had a significant impact on me and my life. I would even be willing to say ( Read more... )

I have been reading old lj entires ( Read more... )

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, "Christ Climbed Down"

Christ climbed down
from His bare Tree
this year
and ran away to where
there were no rootless Christmas trees
hung with candycanes and breakable stars

Christ climbed down
from His bare Tree
this year
and ran away to where
there were no gilded Christmas trees
and no tinsel Christmas trees
and no ( Read more... )

So looking forward to break. And time. Time to process. Time to relax ( Read more... )

The first snowfall of the year. It's cold and wet. But I'm okay with all of that, because it is also beautiful. It's my first experience of snow in the country. I mean, I guess Oxford was kind of country, but the college tended to ruin the sereness of the snow ( Read more... )

I found out on Friday that I more than likely have asthma. Major suck. As my roommate put it, "yay, pre-existing medical condition that guarantees you higher insurance rates for the rest of your life ( Read more... )

I have been thinking a lot lately. Maybe a bit too much ( Read more... )

I miss having aim, but I have had a lot of great phone conversations lately. I am slowly, but surely, conquering my fear of talking on the phone.
I realize my last entry was rather emo, so I'm going to make this one a bit more upbeat. Because, overall, things are going really well. I'm just homesick. I don't forsee that going away until I am back ( Read more... )

I miss my friends.
I love my job (although my boss doesn't seem to believe me when I say that, it's absolutely true).
I probably will not be an environmental educator after this internsthip is over - I just don't have the background knowledge or the longterm interest in it. But while I'm here, I'm enjoying learning and I'm even enjoying the ( Read more... )