July 2012
4 posts
Desiree
My parents never went on a honeymoon. They had plans to travel around Europe on their way to the U.S. from Iran after receiving their visa in Cyprus, but their trip came to a somber and abrupt end when they were notified of the death of a close relative back in the U.S.
During the past two weeks, my parents finally went on their European honeymoon in Italy and Spain, over 30 years after...
Desiree
While riding to Jerusalem this past Friday, I realized: I like long bus rides.
I’m not referencing your day-to-day commute, which will inevitably take on a monotonous character, but rather those rides when you’re off to somewhere new. There’s something about boarding a vehicle, whether it be a plane or metro or bus, and with an unknown cast of characters, that makes you feel like you’re headed...
Desiree
[[MORE]]I spent this past weekend in Ein Dor, a kibbutz in the north of Israel, on a Vipassana meditation retreat.
I embarked upon 48 hours of silence. I gave up my cell phone and iPod. I woke up to the sound of bells at 6 a.m. I sat cross-legged in an intensely air-conditioned room packed with 70 people, solely focusing on my breathing for 45 minute intervals, rotating between walking and...
Jaclyn
“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” – Mark Twain
In early April, when I was tying up loose ends to ensure that I really was graduating in May, I realized that I had not yet signed up for Commencement Weekend tickets. It seemed like a small matter, but an important one, considering how upset my family would be at my stupidity in not bothering to get tickets for them to...
