Absence makes the heart grow ever fonder, eh?
These last few months have been a snatch whirl-windy-ish.
I will not complain nor desire to take back one part of it!
Last week, I tripped up the road through California to Oregon.
On the way, my friends and I stopped in San Francisco and explored.
{Sammamish and me with some sea lions}
{clam chowdaaa is the BEST}
{free chocolate is the beez kneez!}
I am currently in Ashland, Oregon for the Shakespeare Festival.
{isn't this a gorgeous place?}
When I found out that I could get six units of upper div. English credit
for reading Shakespeare and traveling north to see awesome plays,
I simply couldn't resist!
Last week, I spent 24ish hours in class discussions with
15 other people and one of the greatest professors at all time ((Dr. Kleist)).
We read and discussed:
Troilus and Cressida,
As You Like It,
Romeo and Juliet,
and Henry V.
We had to write a paper every day and it was pretty exhausting,
especially right after finals week,
but the process was well worth it and I was able to see
so much growth even in such a short time.
Spending so much time together forced all of us to quickly get to know each other.
What a pure delight it has been to pursue
intricate and complicated ideas
while seeing the ways that God has gifted different people
with specific intellectual abilities.
I feel so very blessed to be surrounded by these
minds and wonderful personalities!
We are staying at a beautiful house up in Ashland
where we cook all of our meals together.
It is drop dead GORGEOUS out here,
and it even rained for a snatch this morning!
Although we are still working hard and our days are very full,
it still feels like I am on vacation!
How blessed I am!
{this is where I get to live for a week and a half!!}
Our professor brings his family along each year on this trip
and it has been one of my favorite things
to watch him interact with them
and serve them as a father.
The first play that we saw was Troilus and Cressida.
It was a phenomenal production.
We spent time after the performance discussing the play
together as a group.
On Friday, we will get to spend time
with some of the actors discussing it with thm.
As I am pushing deeper into Shakespearean texts,
I am realizing more and more
how very rich these plays are.
There are so many layers and ideas to be thought about!
{happy is this Maddy mind}
