Answering questions about life in post-grad
Gentle readers, thank you for reading this blog! We’re continuing our series of the best of 2025. This edition is all about books. 2025 was the year that I bought many a physical book, although I am a patron of the library on a regular basis. (Actually, I just got my library card renewed recently.) … Continue reading Best Books of 2025
Hello, gentle readers! Somehow we’ve blinked and it’s December. Hope you’re keeping warm, perhaps with some hot chocolate and a cozy giant wearable blanket (true story!). I figured it would be fun this month to share with you all my favorites leading up to my favorite post of the year – my yearly highlights and … Continue reading Best Podcast Episodes of 2025
Father Elijah: the Apocalypse is quite a masterpiece. It is of a time, though it was written more than 25 years ago, and the world has changed immensely since its publication. At the heart of this novel is a priest whose life journey launches him into a journey larger than himself. The novel references Lord … Continue reading A Costly Journey | Quote Series
This morning I listened to a podcast on discerning God’s movements in this season of your life. God has been awful quiet this September. Or have I just not been listening? At the beginning of this year I got a new journal and I’ve been using it to record words I’ve received from God. Depending … Continue reading the murky waters of living 💧
Coming to the end of my journaling, the question I have to ask myself is this: Can you invite joy into the room?
I took a week off of work. Here’s what I did: Went to the Met Cloisters. The Met Cloisters is a museum in the Bronx at the highest point of Manhattan. It’s in the middle of Fort Tryon Park with a hefty hike up to the top. On Tuesday, I took the A train down … Continue reading memories I want to keep from this week 🥀
Hello, gentle readers! I hope you are well. It seems my resolution to be consistent with the blog has not quite worked out yet. *shakes head* Life lately has been so inconsistent that I often find it hard to conjure up consistency within me. Today, I write to you in the midst of a decision. … Continue reading lent, seasons, and risk
2024 was a mixed bag of a year. Filled with touches of beauty and aching pain that I couldn’t help but run from. I started the year on winter break from grad school, about to enter the most difficult semester yet, with no clue what was ahead. And still now, I have no clue what … Continue reading what i’ve learned in 2024 + 2024 highlights
I’m bringing back a lovely series here on the blog: books and songs! I welcome you to books and songs: fall 2024 edition!!! I’ve kind of fallen behind the reading train, but I’m trying to hop back on. Wolf Hall #3 has my attention half of the time when I usually pick up a book, … Continue reading books and songs: fall 2024 edition
He once thought it himself, that he might die with grief: for his wife, his daughters, his sisters, his father and master the cardinal. But pulse, obdurate, keeps its rhythm. You think you cannot keep breathing, but your ribcage has other ideas, rising and falling, emitting sighs. You must thrive in spite of yourself; and … Continue reading quote series: wolf hall’s thomas cromwell
As students go back to school and the weather gets a tad chillier, I’ve been feeling nostalgic lately. For late nights spent at the Study Center, for worshiping with other college students on Wednesday nights, for weekend trips to small towns, for having so many of my dear friends in walking distance. Throughout my college … Continue reading a glance back at first year
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Studying Life with Gigi 