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Month: May 2023

Reflecting on Wanderlust

Posted on May 28, 2023May 28, 2023 by Shelby Tone

Why is it that a spirit of wanderlust or adventure exists within each person? What is it about exploration and nature that fills the senses and creates a hunger to go and see the world? I have never thought seriously about the “lust” component of the word “wanderlust,” but that section of the word pops…

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A Salve for Memory

Posted on May 5, 2023May 5, 2023 by Shelby Tone

There is something tremendously stabilizing about a library. Really, I’ve never noticed it before, and it is incredibly strange, so much so that I feel as though it must mean something to me, must point me somewhere else, to some goal or career or future. Today I made the mistake(?) of wandering through classroom buildings…

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“A Penny for Your Thoughts”

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

–J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

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