• Happenings in My Life

    Interesting People: Rachel

    Hello! This week’s (kind of late) post is about one of my roommates, Rachel. I want to do a segment on interesting people in my life, and Rachel is the perfect candidate because she’s passionate about people, plants, animals, and the environment. We’re gonna do a Q&A (enhanced by the occasional comment from one of my other roommates, Lauren)! Madeline:…

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    Time & Change

    Hello! I’m going to start writing weekly blog posts, probably on Mondays, because I want to discipline my writing this semester. I’m undergoing a lot of change in my life right now, so I’m looking for something consistent. I’m also thinking about rebranding my blog with a catchy name, because I’ve been slacking in the the personal marketing department. Any…

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    Making it Up as We Go Along

    “Real” adults often ask me what type of job I want to have after graduation (since that’s like, only two years away, yikes). I HAVE NO IDEA. I’d like to write, but I don’t write as much as I should. I recently read this book called The Opposite of Loneliness where the college-aged author would write three hours a day,…

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    Pretending to Adult: Summer Internship Edition

    I started my internship at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center this week! If you’ve never been there or don’t know what it is, the Freedom Center’s mission is to “reveal stories about freedom’s heroes, from the era of the Underground Railroad to contemporary times, challenging and inspiring everyone to take courageous steps for freedom today.” Opened in 2004 with…

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    First Post of 2017!

    I’m not off to a good start with this blog, I know. I made the mistake of starting this right before finals week last semester, then Christmas season happened, then the deadness of January started. I didn’t know what to write about for a while, since I’m still trying to process the inauguration and the executive orders and things that…

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    Introductions

    Hey! I’m Madeline. At age twelve, I bound my first novel with nothing but glue and cardboard. I always knew I wanted to be a writer: I spent most of my childhood making up stories and attempting to write novels. I write to make sense of everything around me. However, I am so much more: I am introspective, an advocate,…