As a psychology major among English majors, I was the one who stood out whenever we spent extended amounts of time in bookstores. However, I finally got my niche in the trip when I learned Freud once had a house in London! Although Freud isn’t someone whose ideas...
Finally, I made it to the neighborhood of London I had been most anxious to see. With my focus on parks and gardens of London, it made sense to explore Hampstead Heath, which is a 700-acre park of long grass, fields, trees, and ponds. It was breathtaking to see such a...
Recently in America, weight-loss advertisements are posted everywhere and there are always newer and “better” diets to try. Whether we see them in person, on television, or online, the suggestion to be thinner surrounds our daily lives. Here is just one...
It’s difficult for me to fully express how excited I get about going to a library. This is a sentence that is probably rarely said by people who aren’t studying literature but I can vouch to the world that it is sincere. I could go on for pages about why libraries are...
Once upon a time the United Kingdom was ruled by King Henry the VIII and lived united under the Catholic Church. King Henry planned to divorce his beloved Catherine to reform the church into the protestant religion. Today, Catholicism is a distant past for this...
Last week I returned from the adventure of a lifetime. I spent three weeks in London studying for an English writing course for Winona State. Although I was only there for a few weeks, I started to adapt to the culture. When I returned to Minnesota, I was surprised...
