Karmela Padavic-Callaghan
- Nov 6, 2019
- 7 min
I’m Losing Count
The fellow student couldn’t even tell me what city their Croatian relatives were from. I was disappointed, it’s a small country after all.
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Silvia Secchi
- Aug 26, 2019
- 5 min
Across Borders and Seas
I am caught between two generations and two homes. I am an immigrant in a world that does not want to remember.
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roisinconneely
- May 24, 2019
- 4 min
Digging Out a Future
One poem that did strike me and that I do still think about from time to time is ‘Digging’ by Seamus Heaney.
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Carrie Weidner
- May 16, 2019
- 4 min
Nothing If Not Humbling
Getting a PhD is a unique experience, and it’s nothing if not humbling. Successes are a needle in a haystack of failures.
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Lewis Stagnetto
- Jan 16, 2019
- 4 min
Climbing the Rock
I kept my head down and worked hard. Then it happened.
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roisinconneely
- Nov 16, 2018
- 5 min
Cupan Tae
Before we go any further I’d like to make it clear that I am not a tea connoisseur, I don’t drink fancy, flavoured teas.
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