Category: 1,000 miles
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1,000 miles: step 26
Thirteen days and counting until national immigration reform marches. When I hear the word “immigrant,” I think about the Latino community. I wonder if this is a generational mindset. It’s likely a shared experience of these times. Wednesday, I had a student from Afghanistan at the library. During our computer session, as people often do,…
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1,000 miles: step 25
Spring opened with snow this past Monday. How shocking, says everyone. If only people would quit dwelling on the wonder and ask about the blunder. Dear Earth.
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full and unbroken
In a couple of hours, I’ll be checking up on PostSecret for the weekly Sunday secrets. This has become a tradition for me. I brought the tradition into my dorm when I was at Simon’s Rock. When it became a tradition? I’ve lost count. But I can remember one of the first secrets I read.…
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1,000 miles: step 24
One of the greatest pleasures of living is the opportunity to witness beauty. If the above glowing sun earlier this week wasn’t pointed out to me, I may have missed it. Or perhaps not. Sometimes, the sun is vain. When I think of the incredible radiance in this sky, I forget how cold it’s been…
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1,000 miles: step 23
Vase from the Chinese Porcelain collection at the National Gallery of Art (West Building). There’s that Claudia girl to the left. Taken yesterday in the company of a Russian mother and her adorable, beautiful and big-eyed baby.:) Up ahead: surviving midterms.
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1,000 miles: step 22
This school year, I’ve taken fewer calendar breaks. It’s the holidays that have kept me going until spring break, which is this week. This break is supposed to hold me together until classes end. A point in the future which is near, but not near enough. Break so far has been filled with more food…
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1,000 miles: step 21
Winter is coming to an end, and all the snow memories I’ve got are of angels shedding cheese. And oh, that awful snow storm that hit the metropolitan area—which by the way, was very stingy with Falls Church. This is what I woke up to earlier this week: The earth’s climate is changing and in…
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1,000 miles: step 20
Last semester, I applied to Hollins University, an extremely small and private liberal arts school. It simply echoed the education I received at Simon’s Rock. Hollins, however, has a lot more going for it. What caught my eye the most was its strong creative writing program and its closeness to home. Hollin’s in Roanoke, Virginia,…
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1,000 miles: step 19
From poet Chad Anderson’s “Like Math”: And I said, “Words, what are words when I love you like math?” And she said, “Like math, is that how you think you love me? You love me like….” I said, “I love you like math, Infinite and exact…” … Most days, the word hate isn’t in my…
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1,000 miles: step 18
One of the biggest changes from traditional college to community college has been housing and commuting. I spent Wednesday and Thursday running on 5 hours of sleep. When I was at Simon’s Rock, if I ever needed to stay up all night doing schoolwork, I resorted to the endless suggestions my roommate had for keeping…
Claudia Rojas 