Some Exciting Endeavors

Hello friends,

I know I've been away from this blog for a while, chiefly because I often feel I have little constructive to say. I also know that I'm quite terrible at following through on blog projects I propose. I've been so consumed just by doing the reading for the GRE, there's been little time for creative writing in response.

Nevertheless, I did want to tell you all about a couple of projects I'm excited about. I may write more about my progress here. No promises, but I hope they will be long term commitments, and as such, they may well show up here again.

A Dangerous Business

"'It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door,' he used to say. 'You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.'" -J.R.R. Tolkien

Well, going by Mr. Bilbo Baggins' wisdom, this summer is going to be very dangerous for me. I will be spending the next seven weeks of my life exploring England with about forty other students from my college. We will be taking literature classes from two of our English department's incomparable professors along the way. My course load consists of C.S. Lewis, Shakespeare, and Modern British Lit. If you know me, you know how thrilled I am. England is the home of my imagination, and I am over the moon to be returning.