Just wanted to put out a quick blog post to say that I’m actually not allowed to keep a blog this summer, a couple of people have been asking me to update, I really wish I could! If you want to know what’s going on in my life, send me an email at LisaCurtis777@gmail.com and [...]
Walking into the house, we were struck by the immediate sense of peace the cabin conveys. The ocean seemed close enough to touch; from the living room my sister and I could watch the waves roll against the beach below in a never-ending rhythm. Our grandmother Mimi had arrived a day earlier, ensuring that the [...]
Today I said goodbye to one of my favorite people in Washington D.C., Jackson the painter from Mississippi. Almost every Sunday that I’ve spent in DC I have gone to the farmer’s market near my house to buy fresh produce and make new friends. Jackson is one of those friends. I don’t very much else [...]
This is something I wrote for the Whitman College Magazine which will be coming out in mid-December so that’s when I’ll be autographing copies. JUST KIDDING! Editor’s Note: Whitman students who wish to learn about the U.S. government, foreign policy or community organizing may apply through the Study Abroad office to attend the Whitman-affiliated American [...]
I decided that the best way to travel to a Green Jobs Now event would be to ride my bike. Despite the ominous gray clouds and my total lack of familiarity with the Washington DC area, I hopped on my little red bike and headed in the general direction of Anacostia. Anacostia is unlike the [...]
When I was younger, my sister and I used to play “pretend” a lot. We’d pretend to be everything from princesses to animals, often changing our characters mid-game when we tired of them. But the one pretend game we never got tired of was “playing grown-up.” The game would begin with my sister and me [...]
