Tag Archives: Goddard
Dancing With Unicorns
The triple-whammy of all of my classmates starting school today without me, talking to that lady about her health program yesterday and being over-tired enough to have reached that point where ideas sometimes seem more brilliant than they are has … Continue reading
Pictures
I finally had time to work on the pictures from my trip, and I thought I’d share a few. Central Park was both way less scary (not scary even a little) and far more beautiful than I expected it to … Continue reading
What I Learned in Vermont (and NYC)
You know those experiences that divide your life into before and after? Yeah. That’s what the last two weeks were like for me. It was so strange to come back feeling so changed only to find that the Earth turned … Continue reading
Where do I start?
With the beginning I suppose. The travel. The flight was uneventful. I shared a three-seat row with a man from New York who lives in Las Vegas now. We both mostly slept, or watched reruns of Law and Order (me) … Continue reading
The Hard Stuff
I came across this picture today. This girl is walking into Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957. She was one of nine chosen to desegregate that school. The president, Eisenhower, had to intervene so that the principal … Continue reading
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My Adventure
Okay. Now that I’ve stopped freaking out about messing up and leaving myself 3000 miles from home for two extra days, I have a plan. I’m a big one for plans, aren’t I? The first part of my trip hasn’t … Continue reading
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Big Mistake
So, in my worry about getting my rather complicated travel arrangements for next month arranged, I made a big whopper of a mistake. I booked my flight home on the wrong day. Somehow I misread my paperwork about the day … Continue reading
Scared
I leave for my Goddard College residency on April 7. I have to buy my tickets this Friday when I get paid. I’m flying into New York City and then taking an Amtrak train, the Vermonter, to Montpelier which is … Continue reading
Acceptance
I picked up the mail today and found this letter: “Dear Shaunta, On behalf of the Admissions Committee and the faculty I would like to congratulate you on your acceptance to Goddard’s Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program … Continue reading
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