
I’m here all summer most years. Occasionally I travel to conferences, but mostly I hang out here.
Answering questions at Boston College O’Neill Library
Very few non-residents of St. Mary’s have seen the apartments. But walls DO talk, and I’ve been told that they are very similar to a 300-350 square foot hotel room, with a combined bedroom/living space, bathroom and closet.
It’s more an art than a science. Some things are more under your control than others, so try focusing a little more on those. Make a decision about where you think you want to be and you’ll often find the other uncertainty gets out of your way.
Scared to leave. Give me a parting quote or poem about life, Wall?
Rebecca Solnit: “Hope locates itself in the premises that we don’t know what will happen and that in the spaciousness of uncertainty is room to act.” If you have 20 minutes to spare, listen to this moving commencement address by the author Richard Powers, from 2023: bit.ly/powers-commencement
I have said time and time again that I am all for communicating and giving it a try, especially when you know the feelings are mutual. Go you!
I would have to disagree. Asking people out can be hard, but so worth it.