Tag: christmas

  • One semester down, one to go

    One semester down, one to go

    Written on January 8, 2025, published once I was able to borrow a neighbor’s Wifi. I’m convinced that airplanes are the best place to ponder and write about life. Last time I wrote a blog post, I was on a plane headed to Waco, and that’s where I find myself again. I said goodbye to…

  • Home at last, gone too soon

    Home at last, gone too soon

    Written on December 13, 2024. Dedicated to María Villanueva. I’m writing from an airplane, thousands of feet above the ocean, somewhere betweenBogotá and Miami. Very soon I will be home! But I’m going sooner than I planned, and I’m not going to Nebraska quite yet. Me siento muy amañada en Colombia, but the tears escaping…