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  • It's past 2 am, and I'm so wakeful. I've had way too much chocolate today. But the fact that I've reached the end of my first week of school, and I'm still awake, alert, and reasonably in command of my mind and faculties…

  • I'm nineteen.

  • I'm off, with my bookbag riding shotgun. My thirteen year old sister is 5'10".

  • I armed myself against Marshbanks last week by laying in a small store of pots, pans and utensils. Today I unwrapped them, cut off the tags, and ran them through the dishwasher. In a family of nine people, the dishwasher…

  • I think we of the Marshbanks back room should start our own blogring! Edit: Check it out. Scroll to the bottom and click the "join this blogring" option on the lower left. I'm sorry there's nothing exciting about the n…

  • Did you know that cellphones have histories? Mine do. My first one came to life the night Jason introduced me to the word "pooka", which designates "a mischievous spirit in Irish folklore." Any of you who have contacted …

  • Isn't it amazing how hard it is to learn to be weak?

  • Thanks to Daniel giving me the necessary nudge, I finally sat down to read The Phantom Tollbooth. It's great. It's a child's lighthearted Pilgrim's Progress about the process of learning. I particularly relish the way Mr…

  • Any of you who are interested in seeing these pictures probably received Amy's email, but especially for you Schola folks who want to keep an eye on your big sister, here are some professional pictures (some is defined a…

  • Salvation is for those for whom it is too late.

  • One of the dangers that attends the precious gift of being raised in a Christian family is that of becoming bored with Christianity. Sometimes, like Innocent Smith, you have to circumscribe the entire world to regain w…

  • Thanks to Jamie B. for these pictures of the Simmons-Sloan wedding reception! I only have only a few of my own, unfortunately. Being a bridesmaid, my hands were full with other items, such as flowers, and I couldn't man…

  • I'm stealing a quote from Jason, which he quotes from Ivy Walker in The Village. "Sometimes people don’t do the things that they want to, so that others don’t know that they want to do them." How true is that?

  • Oh y'all, it's August 6th, and it feels like early fall. It's utterly perfect.

  • I hope Eddie won't mind if I tell his story for him. This tickled me. It's so . . . Campbell. Campbell Admissions Counselor: Eddie? Congratulations, I'm calling to let you know you've been awarded our highest Presidenti…

  • I was listening to an interview between Ken Myers and breadmaker Peter Reinhart yesterday afternoon. Mr. Reinhart was asked what it is about breadmaking that differentiates it from other types of cooking, and in reponse,…

  • When Dr. Ralph Wood spoke to the Campbell faculty about "What Is a Christian University" he asserted that no eighteen year old has a right to have an opinion. As an eighteen year old, and the only student in the audienc…

  • I'm reading a truly fascinating book by Dr. Jeremy Begbie called Theology, Music and Time. Dr. Begbie's thesis is that music, in its absolute form, has the potential to enrich and expand our understanding of theology, es…

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