Research

First Published: 2019 February 25

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On this day, I received help from the amazing librarians at Grinnell in both learning how to search for music papers and how to read microfilm.

Metric Prose First Attempt

First Published: 2019 February 25

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As each month slowly passes by, I find that I will think in rhymes and rhythms that obey the poems I should ink. And so today I thought I’d try to write a post like that. But wow, it’s hard conveying thoughts when each beat has a place.

Missing Days

First Published: 2019 February 25

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I forgot to write for a little more than a week. Whoops.

Reflections on Today’s Gospel

First Published: 2019 February 25

Jeremiah 17:7: “ Blessed are those who trust in the LORD; the LORD will be their trust”

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Today’s readings speak about trusting the Lord, for better and for worse. Should we trust in the Lord, we are told that we will be cared for in times of sorrow. However, we are also told that those times of sorrow will come If we are weeping now, laughter will come to us.¹ If we are laughing now, however, we will weep later.²

Now, this isn’t to say that we should be in a perpetual state of weeping, with hopes that our joy will come later.³ Rather, we are to remember that the good in our lives will comes to an end, just as the bad will.

Diving Update

First Published: 2019 February 15

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Today was the second and final day of the Conference Championship diving meet. I placed fourth. I threw my 203a for the first time, and it went pretty well. All in all, it was a fun season.

Diving Update

First Published: 2019 February 15

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Today was the second and final day of the Conference Championship diving meet. I placed fourth. I threw my 203a for the first time, and it went pretty well. All in all, it was a fun season.

Last Practice

First Published: 2019 February 14

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Today was my last practice before Conference. My coach decided it would be a really short practice. Hopefully I do well tomorrow.

Diving Update

First Published: 2019 February 14

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Today I learned that if I give my toenail the choice of sticking to me or staying on a diving board, it will choose the diving board.

Ballad Update

First Published: 2019 February 14

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So far I’ve written a ballad every day except two, and each has had at least three stanzas. Yay!

Forgetfulness

First Published: 2019 February 11

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Sometimes I realize that I am forgetful.¹ Today, it was realizing that I had purchased some Celtic music while abroad that I still hadn’t converted to MP3. So yay! I now have four new hours of music to listen to. Today is a good day.