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7 Quick Takes – Vol. 43
— 1 — Hello 2014! I rang in the new year with family, sparkling cider, lots of yelling/screaming, and of course the countdown. This called for some 2014 goals and looking ahead to the future! Head on...
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7 Quick Takes – Vol. 44
— 1 — Hello world! Here I am on Saturday after neglecting to write this yesterday. But the days when I’m too busy doing things that matter to remember to do things that don’t matter that much are the...
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7 Quick Takes – Vol. 46
— 1 — Well hello again! Life has been busy. I’m plugging along in classes, and am just getting into a groove after being gone for the march. My favorite class is Christian Moral Life. It’s hard, but...
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7 Quick Takes – Vol. 47
— 1 — We had a big snow dump earlier this week, which called for snow angels! Oh, and TWO snow days in a row. That was glorious. If it weren’t for dangerous roads and falling on icy paths, I would...
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7 Quick Takes Vol. 48 & February Challenge Day 14
— 1 — Sorry St. Valentine, but the chocolates are happening over here. Thank you for giving us this holiday! And for being a Catholic beast. I should probably know more about you . . . I seriously love...
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7 Quick Takes – Vol. 49
— 1 — The weather here is delightfully bipolar. I almost could have whipped out my shorts when it was 60 degrees a couple days ago. Then yesterday it snowed, hailed, and was sunny! Variety is the spice...
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7 Quick Takes – Vol. 50: Life, Lent Awesomeness, and Chucking Laptops
— 1 — Tomorrow morning I’m heading out to work with the Missionaries of Charity in St. Louis! As our contact sister told me, they live very simply. They don’t have internet. They start their days at...
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7 Quick Takes – Vol. 51: Down Syndrome, Hippies, and Meditation
— 1 — Happy World Down Syndrome Day! You can read my post about it here, and here is my article about my brother Robert that I wrote last year. — 2 — Life is pretty awesome right now. I got back from...
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7 Quick Takes – Vol. 52: Gangsta Pope Francis, Missing Class, and Eating Flax
— 1 — Hello Again! It’s been a while since I’ve written a 7QT. Time to get back on the bandwagon! Life has been busy lately with warmer weather (bring on the sunshine!) and classes (that are going much...
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7 Quick Takes – Vol. 53: Jesus
— 1 — It’s Good Friday, which means these are being posted on Thursday because ain’t nobody got time foh the internet on Good Friday. In light of the current liturgical time, here are 7 faith-related...
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7 Quick Takes – Vol. 54
Good Friday was the last time I did this? Whoa! Life has certainly been busy lately, and I’ve been at a loss for what to write. But enough with that! Like Nike says: Just Do It. — 1 — Life … Continue...
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7 Quick Takes – Vol. 55
Well hello folks! It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these! I was working on redesigning this space :-) Do you like it? Danielle and Mary were wonderful help getting it all together. Take a look...
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7 Quick Takes – Vol. 56: Goals, Giving, and School
— 1 — Hello new school year! This week I road tripped out to school with my brother who will be a freshman here. It was lots of fun to see our beautiful country and rock out to a custom … Continue...
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7 Quick Takes – Vol. 57: Coffee, mentors, and advent
— 1 — Hello world! There hasn’t been much going on here lately because finals. And papers. And coffee. — 2 — But I am slowly coming back! This semester, while it has not been incredibly challenging...
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7 Quick Takes – Vol. 58
Hello again, world! In the interest of maintaining some level of presence around here, I’m jumping back on the bandwagon of these short weekly posts. Here goes! 1. Life lately: classes, work, eating,...
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7 Quick Takes – Vol. 59
There’s been a lot of heavy stuff going around lately, so guess what? I’m not going to talk about any of it right now! Here are 7 Quick Takes that you can breeze through without consulting moral codes...
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7 Quick Takes – Vol. 60: On the lighter side
There’s been a lot of serious issues and stories going around lately, so this week I wanted to put together a brief intermission and take a moment to cover less serious happenings. But first! 1. Airing...
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7 Quick Takes, Vol. 61: New place, fall, and not the election
Hello world! There have been so many thoughts going through my head lately and posts I’ve wanted to write. But obviously that hasn’t happened. I’d like to spend more time writing deeper things, but you...
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7 Quick Takes, Vol. 63: Tips, Funny Stuff, and Hikes
Happy Fri-yay! Let’s join up with Kelly and all the other party people today. 1. Let’s just ignore the election, mmkay? At this point, I just look forward to it being over. Because you know what?...
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7 Quick Takes, Vol. 64: In which we pull ourselves together
Hello again! It’s Friday. Did you survive this week? Because it was a little extremely cray cray if you ask me. Let’s take a deep breath, maybe a chill pill, and pull ourselves together. Linking up...
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