My goal for the year is to live more simply. To cook meals from home with fresh local ingredients, to spend more time with friends, and to visit the new coffee shops popping up as I search search for my favorite cup of London Fog. My word for the year is Free. To me this means […]
Spring Planting Field Trip
The sun is finally starting to warm the air, and even though I have been working outside since February at The Farm, I am eager to do work around my own yard now. Last spring when I started back at The Farm it was the beginning of our Spring Planting field trips. A year later we […]
My Bucket List for the Year
I have been dreaming of places I want to travel to, and things I would like to do. I spend hours scrolling through Instagram and Pinterest. But why should I leave them at simply dreams? Why not turn them into plans? I’m going to make plans to make this year exciting by making a bucket list […]
Snow Day in Snohomish
I woke up at 5 this morning to the phone ringing – the school district’s announcement of a snow day. Even though I am no longer in school, the excitement of snow kept me awake. I laid in bed for 10 minutes before realizing I wouldn’t be able to fall back asleep. I then hopped […]
4 Things I Did This Weekend
One thing you should know is that I don’t like to drive. When I lived in Seattle for school, I didn’t need a car. I could walk or take the bus anywhere that I needed to go. So after 3 years of not driving a car, I got really nervous if I knew I had […]
Why I’m taking a break from Facebook
“Did you see what so and so posted on Facebook?” is the beginning of many conversations I have with my family and I have to remind them, “No, I’m not on Facebook right now,” and then they tell me about so and so’s baby/wedding/cat video and try to encourage me to get back on FB. Besides the […]
You can’t take the Seattle out of this girl
You will never know anyone until you ask them where they come from. We are born from our surroundings – the people, culture and locations that we come from influence every part of our being. I grew up in the Seattle area, I bleed ocean and snow capped mountains. I love where I come from, […]
A year ago I met Blakely
Today I realized it has been exactly a year since I started taking classes on Blakely Island! I had been there for a field trip once before, but it was during the summer that Blakely changed my life. I have always had a bit of anxiety about, well, almost everything, and I contribute the lessening […]
Blakely Island Field Station
Seattle Pacific University has a field station located on Blakely Island in the San Juans. They offer several summer courses for undergraduate students. Last summer I took courses in marine ecology, forest ecology, and environmental physiology. They also offer many courses for non-science majors, such as marine biology and astronomy! The atmosphere here is incredible! […]