The semester is done! I took my Spanish final Tuesday night and emailed my final essay on Richard Nixon at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday! YAY!
I was not pleased at the conclusion of the Spanish final. Though it was simple, I struggled with direct and indirect objects and reflexive verbs, which was no different than what was [...]
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Posted in School on May 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Today I met with my advisor to request his signature for my Fall 2008 registration. I secured it, thus I am scheduled to take Drawing II and Irish Literature. I took Drawing 1 back in the stone age, but the Dean received professorial permission for me to take Round 2. I’m psyched! My first foray [...]
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Posted in School on March 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The weather is cold and rainy. I don’t mean a drizzly, steady rain. I mean a pouring buckets rain! We are due 2 to 3 inches in the next 12 to 18 hours. THAT is a lot of water which will result in small stream flooding and more likely than not, the river overflowing its [...]
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Posted in Playing, School on February 17, 2008 | 7 Comments »
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i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulacity uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno’t mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres [...]
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Posted in School on February 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Did you ever notice that when it has been some time since your last entry, you are reluctant to write? Why is that? It’s rather silly. Or that you feel like you need to defend yourself to your readers as to why you’ve not posted an entry? LOL!
I learned a very interesting thing from my [...]
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While reading a past issue of Life Transfigured: A Journal of Orthodox Nuns published by The Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration, I came across a beautiful and inspiring article which is an excerpted of Mother Alexandra’s book Hospital of the Queen’s Heart. In this excerpt she wrote about “The Gift of Pain.” Since many of [...]
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Posted in School on November 17, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Good news:
1) One must have 34 credit units to graduate from Muhlenberg College, where I am a student. One class equals one credit unit.
2) One may transfer in a maximum of 17 credit units. I was able to transfer in 16.
3) I am registered for spring ‘08 semester; taking a required history class (Reading Seminar) [...]
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Posted in School on August 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Tonight started the Fall semester. If all goes according to plan, it will be my LAST Fall semester as I hope to be all done with the under-grad degree by next August!
The class I attended tonight was Elementary Spanish. Now mind you, I’ve had 4 years of high school Spanish - 30 years ago. Actually, [...]
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Posted in Family, School on August 17, 2007 | No Comments »
As Father Seraphim was told by his spiritual father, Blessed Father Sophrony, “Read only that which moves you to prayer.”
Thus I am in total agreement with Mr. Jones, parent of students in the East Penn School District. Read about it here.
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Posted in School on August 16, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Took my final in Ancient Rome. I’ve never been so glad to see a class come to an end as I have this one. Too bad. I was really excited to take it and it turned out to be a dud.
Now I have “rest” for the next 13 days.
School’s out……………………..!
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