Over the years I have made a habit of listing things I notice. I have a tiny moleskin of moments of witness from my 5 years on Wake Forest’s campus. These lists strengthen my sense of understanding of place and accentuate my recognition of belonging. Inhabiting Buenos Aires, I have risen to a whole new level of “noticing” thanks to public transportation. There have been days when I think to myself “If only everyone took public transportation…humanity would be restored.” These lists help me convert the foreign to familiar.
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Sarah MillsapsHome is in North Carolina. But, I take seriously Wendell Berry's imperative, "Be like the fox who makes more tracks than necessary, some in the wrong direction." Archives
November 2018
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