Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

  • _Savage Inequalities_ by Jonathan Kozol Back when I was in grad school, I heard a lot of talk about the works for Jonathan Kozol. He had also just come out with another book at that time, but as I didn’t have time to do much pleasure reading at the time, I just kept the author’s name in my head. Somehow I picked up a used copy of this book, and have had it…

  • A month has nearly passed since I last posted. One would think that I’ve actually been busy or something, but the truth is that I’ve been busy avoiding everything. On the positive side, work has been pretty good this year. I’ve managed to get along with all my students and really start to know them with genuine interest instead of confusion or feigned interest. Also, I’ve been lucky enough to have a couple…

  • _Adopted Territory: Transnational Korean Adoptees and the Politics of Belonging_ by Eleana J Kim I found this title off of another adoptee’s blog who had written about it and said that it was the best intellectual presentation of the situation for the first few decades of adoptees who have now grown up and are raising their voices about their feelings and experiences of being Korean, but not Korean. My response to the book…

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  • Well, our last stop of our Italy trip ended in Milan. We took an early train on a foggy Venice morning to be sure we had enough time to see what needed seeing in Milan. Most people have said it’s not worth a long stop, despite it’s popularity for high-end shopping. However, Milan seemed to be the most advanced and cosmopolitan of all the cities we visited. The main attraction is the cathedral…

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  • We arrived late in Venice, but managed to work out buying a 36 hour transportation card allowing us to use the boats and buses freely during our visit. Our hotel was the Rio Alto, which was conveniently located near the famous Rioalto bridge. Once we checked in, which was a bit of a strange process, we settled in for the night and planned the next day’s events since we only really had one…

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  • Despite not buying tickets to the museums prior to arrival, we were able to get tickets through our hotel. When we checked out of Residenza Betta, Elizabetta, the owner was very warm and friendly to serve us a cappuccino before we headed out. After a quick breakfast, we headed to the train station to get our tickets for Venice later in the day and drop off our luggage so that we could explore…

  • As I mentioned before, Mondays are generally the day major museums are closed. We had heard that it’s a good idea to also explore outside of Florence if we could. Since we could, we booked The Best of Tuscany Tour with WalkAbout through our hotel. Unfortunately, out of the entire week, this was the ONLY day that it rained. When I say rain, I mean poured! Luckily, I had prepared with my rain…

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