Monday Wanderlust

For the longest time I've had a very strong desire to live and teach in a spanish-speaking country. Becoming fluent in Spanish, warm weather, LA TOMATINA, and many dancing-filled nights are just a few of the countless reasons. Programs like this make me ridiculously excited for what's to come following my graduation... ://www.ciee.org/teach/spain/. Need to start researching on the daily.

If you don't know what "La Tomatina" is...look up now.

Came across while writing a paper...

"We do not really see through our eyes or hear through our ears, but through our beliefs. To put our beliefs on hold is to cease to exist as ourselves for a moment." - Lisa Delpit

Playing the Part

Villa Livia (Rome, 2009)

I could pretend there is an end to life’s little games; people deceive, play make-believe,

Shut out senses, twisted metal defenses,
People taunt, call me potions mistress,
I hear whispers and refuse to flee,     
I play consort, mother, widow, dowager,
Curtain calls are few, costume changes often,
Rome is my stage,
The world is my critic,
The public is my mocking, laughing, angry, loving audience
Tragedy and drama are the game,
Comedy is dark, laughter hollow,
Haughty is the understudy for suffering,
Power for passion,
Today I am the playwright,
Tomorrow I play fictional characters,
Empress-mother-wife-conniving-manipulating-lover-dignified-murderer
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Are you entertained yet?

C.S Lewis

“We read to know we are not alone.”