Here Begins a New Life
The title of this post comes from Dante's words in La Vita Nuova. As I write this, Italy has just entered "phase two" of its efforts to...
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- Mar 13, 2020
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From an American in Italy During Lockdown
It started by casually listening to updates on the spread of the "novel COVID-19" on the BBC World News podcast over my morning espresso....
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- Jan 1, 2020
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New Year 2020 Resolutions
If you've been following me on Instagram or Twitter, then you probably know quite a bit about what I've been up to this year (hint: not...
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- Jun 14, 2019
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Madrid
Those who have been following me for a while know that last year I did quite a bit of solo-traveling, documenting my adventures on here...
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- Nov 2, 2018
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#WIPjoy October 2018 for Dante WIP
It's been a while. Since I've blogged. Since I've properly engaged with the writing community. It feels like it's been a while since I've...
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- Aug 31, 2018
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Summer Review and Fall 2018 Goals
There are a lot of new changes and adjustments in my life to get used to, what with the start of grad school, so I'm going to try to go...
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- Jul 20, 2018
- 3 min
My Experience as a Student Curator
Note: This was originally published on my old blog in May 2017. For my last semester of college, I had the wonderful experience of...
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- Jun 15, 2018
- 2 min
Washington, D.C.
I've always wanted to visit D.C., and one of my best friends from college happens to live there, so I finally found an opportunity to...
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- Jun 1, 2018
- 3 min
May 2018 Review and Summer Goals
As I predicted in my last post, this month wasn't terribly productive, but sometimes that's a good thing. Not being productive means...
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- May 18, 2018
- 9 min
Searching for Serendipity
When I moved to Siena, Italy for nine months, I promised myself to have no expectations. That meant I inevitably expected everything. Throug
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- May 4, 2018
- 3 min
April 2018 Review and May Goals
In order to try to get myself to blog more, I'm going to start doing reviews of my writing progress each month as well as goals for the...
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- Apr 13, 2018
- 3 min
Vienna and Salzburg
Unless something spontaneous comes up, I have taken what is most likely my last trip during this incredible year abroad. (I realized I...
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- Mar 16, 2018
- 5 min
The Power of the Arts and My WIP
Note: This post was originally published on my old blog in early fall 2016, right as I was about to begin doing an overhaul of the book...
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- Feb 23, 2018
- 4 min
Naples and Pompeii
One of my friends from when I studied abroad in Siena is back in Italy to be an au pair in Florence for a couple months, so we decided to...
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- Feb 9, 2018
- 4 min
5 Things I Love About Living in Italy
I've lived here long enough to be able to compile what I feel is a pretty solid list of reasons why I love to live in Italy. As I've...
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- Jan 26, 2018
- 6 min
The Brooklyn Trees of Our Lives
Note: This was originally published on my old blog, and garnered nearly 900 views on a blog that averaged maybe 70. The sentiment in it...
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- Jan 5, 2018
- 3 min
2018 Goals
I'm one of those people who gets really into the new year. I pull out my shiny new Passion Planner on January 1st and pencil in all my...
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- Dec 29, 2017
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A Look Back at 2017
2016 was a really hard year for my family. We lost a lot and went through some significant changes, which I'll touch on in the...
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- Dec 22, 2017
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Surprising Mom for Christmas
About a month ago, I decided not to tell my mom I was coming home for Christmas. We had been going back and forth on this all semester:...
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- Dec 8, 2017
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Throw Perfectionism Out the Window When You Learn a New Language
I'm at the point with Italian where I know most of the grammar--at least what's used most frequently--and now it's time to practice and...
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