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I better get started
Walking up through campus and spotting a girl from my cohort in the distance, we make eye contact and start waving towards each other. “Hi, how are you?” I call out. “Good, how about you?” she responds. “Doing well, see you…” Wait, when will I see her again? I wanted to say “in class,” but Read more
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Types of people in the library
Now that the term is coming to a close, one finds herself living inside the library. Each day unfurls in the same rhythm. I wake up uncomfortably early, throw on whatever sweatpants are nearby, maybe brush my hair, and make my way to the tall concrete building overseeing the park. At the library’s threshold, swaths Read more
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Soup day
Outside, wisps of fog drift by, gently brushing over the roofs. Below, the streets are darkened by the day-long onslaught of raindrops breaking through the misty fog to meet the earth. Cars pass occasionally, disrupting the otherwise quiet neighborhood with sounds resembling tearing paper as they tred through rain puddles. “It’s going to be a Read more
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Morning’s No for me
Up in the morning’s no for me,Up in the morning early;When a’ the hills are cover’d wi’ snaw,I’m sure its winter fairly. Sticking with the Robert Burns theme this week. It’s currently 11 in the morning, and I’ve just barely crawled out of bed to sit at the kitchen table and drink some coffee. Even Read more
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Scottish Winters
Well I just paid a hefty utility bill. And it wasn’t enough. All the times I summoned electricity to run the kettle for tea, all the watts expended to operate the microwave to heat the pack I stuff under my covers, the evenings when I threw frugality out with the rainstorm and flipped the switch Read more
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Burns Night
Crammed inside a humble cottage, seated by a cozy hearth, a group of nine friends assembled to partake in an evening filled with laughter, camaraderie, and the reverberations of cherished memories. The occasion commemorated the solemn fifth anniversary of their dear friend’s death. With bellies full of Haggis, they raised a glass and joined together Read more
Travel Pathology 