Real snow y’all came down from the sky on Monday. It was the first official snowfall of the season. The last one was really nothing. There were slippery slopes and sidewalks, frosty leaves and grass. But it made for a beautiful sight. I took tons of pictures of the first official snowfall and wanted to share them with you. (I…
Category: Holidays
The Calm Before the (Finals) Storm
Hello again dear readers! I hope you have all enjoyed a lovely Thanksgiving holiday and are easing yourselves gently back into work this Monday. For Thanksgiving, I took my beloved Northeast Regional train back home. There was a particularly beautiful sunset along the New England coast that afternoon, made even more poignant by the fact that I was listening to…
Thanksgiving and (Snow) is Here
If you are reading this post, I am home for Thanksgiving! I am excited to be home to see my family and friends and (of course) eat some good food. But this past week has been pretty good leading up to the big Turkey day. It snowed (!!) on Sunday night. There was barely anything on the ground but the…
The President’s House
I went to the president’s house on Sunday! It was really cool. Her house is on the edge of campus and quite a walk from my dorm. However, it was still worth it. We spoke to her about what we love about Wellesley and what we hope can change/improve. What I really liked about her was that she was very willing…
Flappers, Tanners, and Acceptances, oh my!
Happy Halloween! With it being a Monday, and most of the festivities happening over the weekend, it already feels like Halloween has passed, so much so that I wondered why someone wearing a creepy skull mask and flowing black robes waved to me on my way to class this morning. And then I remembered, oh, it’s still Halloween, which was…
Fall break & flight bookings
Fall break is already coming to a close. Tomorrow morning, once again, I will find myself wedged on a Greyhound bus bound for Boston, as we creep our way past the places I’ve never visited but now have memorized-New Rochelle, Bridgeport, New Haven, Westerly, Kingstown. I’m so relaxed right now, which is part of the reason this update is coming so…
Catching up! And summer soul searching
My, oh, my a lot has happened since my last post! I’m going to get right into catching you all up with all my major soul searching that’s happened over the summer. But before I dive in, I just want to extend a welcome to anyone newly following my blog this year. I’m Eleanor; it’s nice to have you here,…
