On Friday I was witness to a Bates tradition called the puddle jump. On the Bates campus there is a small pond, dubbed the puddle, and every winter a rectangle of ice is cut out of the center and bold students take the plunge. Of course, as this is a college campus, nudity is involved, [...]
Today the snows arrived. Outside my bedroom window the shingles of the roof were first bare, then slightly dusted. Now upon them lies 6 to 12 of glorious powder. The secondary streets have not been touched; those intrepid enough to walk do so in the parallel paths unintentionally plowed by those even more daring drivers. [...]
It’s been a while, and much has happened – my apologies. The biggest and most interesting thing I’ve been up to was my trip to New Orleans with my father. As most of you probably know, I will be going to Tulane Law School this August. Considering that I applied to the school site unseen, [...]
I had a very interesting night. Joining my roommate and some of his friends, I traveled to the Turner Grange. There we participated in a community dinner followed by entertainment. Going into this I wasn’t even really sure what a grange was, but thanks to this event I found out that a grange was (and [...]
American life can be overwhelming and thus doing something the simple or old fashioned way can be very satisfying. During my time in Romania, I would often bake a chicken and make mashed potatoes. Since my kitchen there was outfitted with only basic utensils, I did it all by hand, and thus the process ended [...]
Frozen Seaweed
On Friday I was witness to a Bates tradition called the puddle jump. On the Bates campus there is a small pond, dubbed the puddle, and every winter a rectangle of ice is cut out of the center and bold students take the plunge. Of course, as this is a college campus, nudity is involved, [...]