I am so glad to hear that. Wishing you continued peace and joy!

Well, as you might imagine, Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall” is close to my heart. I posted a list of some of my library helper’s favorite poems in October, but here’s a new list of of more favorites by all my BC Libraries helpers:

Eve L. Ewing
“Legacies” by Nikki Giovanni
Good Bones by Maggie Smith
when faces called flowers float out of the ground – e. e. cummings
Wild Geese – Mary Oliver
Star of the Nativity by Joseph Brodsky
Anything written by Pablo Neruda
Wendell Berry
Horace, Odes I:5. One of the best breakup poems ever.
Two-Headed Calf by Laura Gilpin
“Good Bones,” by Maggie Smith
Memorial, by Alice Oswald
“Towns in Colour” by Amy Lowell
Lo Fatal – Rubén Darío
Stephen Sturgeon is my fav poet & “Violet Swords” is a good poem by him.
A Julia de Burgos (To Julia de Burgos) by Julia de Burgos
Robert Burns
Mary Oliver
Kate Baer
Arthur Clough
The Summer Day, Mary Oliver
The Divine Comedy, by Dante Alighieri

I’m not sure what you’re asking, so please let me know if I’m not responding to the right thing. My advice is to not try to move on until you’ve let yourself feel the pain and hurt and whatever else you’re feeling. Bad memories often linger because the feelings want attention.

Great idea! I’ll ask my library helpers if someone is willing to do that for me.

The Answer Wall fully supports taking risks, as long as they line up with your goals and values. Remember, if you won’t let yourself be vulnerable to failure, you won’t achieve your dreams. I highly recommend the book Daring Greatly, by Brene Brown (O’Neill Library BF575.A85 B76 2012), if like most of us you shy away from taking center stage.

According to the 2021-22 BC Fact Book, there were 6 undergrads from Arkansas.

Well I have a hard time calling any country the “best.” However, Albania’s several UNESCO world heritage sites, amazing beaches, and its Greek, Italian, AND Albanian food makes it sound like a wonderful country! Unfortunately, my job answering questions and my lack of legs makes it difficult to travel.

No I have not but thank you for letting me know! Who would have thought that someone would have come up with a word to describe “The warmth of the sun in winter” and it still wouldn’t have become common terminology 400 years after its creation in 1623. Hopefully this apricity provides a small comfort as we face this cold Boston winter.

Providence and choice are both important, but how it operates is a complex theological question. You might start with something like this article from the New Catholic Encyclopedia. https://bit.ly/bc-providence

Feeling Good – Nina Simone

This Must Be The Place – Talking Heads

Walking the Cow – Daniel Johnston

Cut Your Bangs – Radiator Hospital

I say a Little Prayer – Aretha Franklin

Over the Hill – Ginger Root

Love You – The Free Design

Land of the Glass Pinecones – Human Sexual Response

It’s Too Soon to Know – The Orioles

Ça Plane Pour Moi – Plastic Bertrand

Another Girl, Another Planet – The Only Ones

Signals – Fury Weekend

Whole Wide World – Wreckless Eric

Hello It’s Me – Todd Rundgren

Reverberation – The 13th Floor Elevators

Talk Talk – The Music Machine

Take Five – Dave Brubeck

Sparklehorse – Happy Man

Shake Appeal – Iggy and the Stooges

Leaving Love All Over the Place – George Jones

You’re Only Human (Second Wind) – Billy Joel

The Night Miss Nancy Ann’s Hotel for Single Girls Burned Down – Tex Williams

Hunger – Florence + The Machine

Coming up Close – ‘Til Tuesday

Athena – The Who

Pretty/Ugly Before – Elliott Smith

W.B. Spanish – Sand Machine

Wisconsin Death Trap – Easychair

The Sound of Silence – Simon & Garfunkel 

Workinonit – J Dilla

Family Tree – Ethel Cain

People Get Ready – Jeff Beck ft. Rod Stewart

Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd

Pur ti miro – Monteverdi

The Ghost of Tom Joad – Bruce Springsteen

Time Waits for No One” – Rolling Stones. 

Summer Night City (ABBA) covered by Tommy ReinXeed

Wichita Lineman – Glen Campbell (by Jimmy Webb)

Yes, don’t! Social media already creates too many chances to worry about how you compare to others. Grad Cafe sounds like a really good place to go if you want to focus on your own perceived inadequacies & anxieties.

The odds are currently on the KC Chiefs; I am following the Puppy Bowl, though.

When it finally snows, the campus becomes even more beautiful. Get outside! You may find that midterm due dates and exams are densely concentrated right before spring break. Start study and projects early so you’re not trying to do 5 things at once right up to your departure. After mid-March, the weather starts to heat up: make sure you get outdoors when it’s over 60 degrees again! Come April, you’ll see flowers all over campus; don’t take your cues from Seniors, who will have senioritis.

Yes! AND I would love to ride our bike around the halls! AND I encourage talking to pictures on the wall… me!

Thank you! And right back atcha!!! ❤️

Maybe right here in O’Neill. But it could be anywhere! You just never know, but expanding your social circle can make it more likely.

Pretend this is yellow: when you go to TUFTS.

Well I don’t know why the color of the sticky note would make any difference in this context. But among Tufts University’s 12,219 students I am sure there is someone that you might find to be a good partner/soulmate!

We get help from the amazing math tutors at the CFLC: bit.ly/BC-connors.

Maybe you’d both benefit more from a break than a break-up? Spending some time apart may help you both get a clearer understanding of your own needs.

If I had arms I’d give you a hug.

As a wise Sesame Street Monster says, “C is for Cookie! That’s good enough for me!”