In less then a week, I will once again enter the brick walls of Aurora High School, for the very...
Category - Journals
My freshman love affair with The Wall
PRIOR LAKE, Minnesota, U.S.A. — Freshman year of high school is a time that will bring back...
Preparing all year for one exam
BRISTOL, Connecticut, U.S.A. — Spring is a beautiful time of year. No, I’m not talking about...
Huskies, snow angels in July, and a train wreck in the Alps
GRINDELWALD, Switzerland — On a muggy day last summer, a rather odd-looking group gathered to...
Chasing UConn women and other volleyball camp charades
STORRS, Connecticut, U.S.A. — For four full days after it ended, every time I walked up...
Me, a camp counselor?
BRISTOL, Connecticut, U.S.A. — If you think baby-sitting your booger-breath little brother is...
Goodbye, yellow brick road
Aurora, Nebraska, UNITED STATES — Death is a strange thing. It seems natural and unnatural...
Fighting to stay awake at orientation
BRISTOL, Connecticut, U.S.A. — When I went to the Bristol Central High School freshman...