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 smell [...]
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 University [...]
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 [...]
