College just may be absolute heaven for those like myself who are observers, who like to watch, listen, and think about the world and all the people who fill it up. University holds within it so many different types (though all mostly quite young), races, ethnic groups, ideas, silliness, etc. I can’t help but to…
Angela Giles Klocke » Southern Colorado Writer & Photographer
Tag Archives: lifeI’m one week into university life. Well, university life from a non-traditional student’s point of view, anyway (since I don’t live in a dorm room, belong to a sorority, or relate to ANY stories about partying all night and then having to roll out of bed at the crack of noon to hurry and get… As you might recall (or be learning for the first time), Radical Change is my theme for 2012. How it manifests as a whole is yet to be seen, but so far I’ve started (returned to) school at University of Colorado, entered into a Women’s Leadership program, and now today, a radical haircut. Before I… Conversation with eldest – Me: I delivered to your complex tonight and was hoping to see you. Alas, then I realized you moved and then I was sad. Him: Oh yeah? Well, I had a dream just now that you died and I was sad. I win. Me: Wow. Well, were you JUST sad, or… “We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light.” -Evelyn Dunbar (Image captured at the Helm Wedding, shot this past summer.) But it still happens. I went into this day (this first day of school – university) with a positive attitude…about math. It will not defeat me, I will study hard, use all tutoring, and I’ll be okay with imperfect grades as long as I’m doing my best. I also accepted I could still fail, and… It’s 6:30 in the morning. The kidlings don’t have school, there is fresh snow on the ground, and I’m getting ready to head out for my usual Tuesday Thing. Yesterday, I spent much of the day wrapped in my electric blanket, reading, sometimes just staring off into space, thinking about how it was the last… “We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.” -Thomas Fuller |
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