I visited relatives in Clarksburg today, and I was sorely tempted to visit Salem as well. But in the end I decided not to. I knew the nostalgia would swallow me whole, and it would take a week to get rid of the creepy feeling of walking on someone's grave that always comes with such things ( Read more... )

I'm graduating Shepherd University Saturday (May 19) with a BA in History/Historic Preservation.

You know, I really am considering gastronomy and the culinary arts for postgraduate studies.

It's almost like I'm determinedly going out of my way to find what will promise the least financial security as I grow older. But hey, at least I get to eat candy and call it research.

I miss Shawn.

Bought my graduation cap and gown today.

PS, The best part about being a trained historian is hyper-scrutinizing every last fucking little detail of your own past. Whoosh!

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Omigod omigod omigod!! I found a store here in Shepherdstown that has CHEERWINE SODA ( Read more... )

I've spent the past year and a half complaining about this part of the state (or rather, Berkeley County), but then this morning I gave a presentation about it in my Architecture class and couldn't stop talking about it. This is pleasant, but it really just makes me incredibly eager to get back to Charleston and start taking in all the ( Read more... )

If there's one consistent theme in my life, it would certainly be my inability to remember how wonderfully delicious saltine crackers are. Mmm...plain, dry saltine crackers.