Tag: campus

• It’s Not Protesting Anymore

  I will never forget years and years ago. Warren Allen was preaching at Fellowship, Grandpa was gone at that point and I remember it was after I had started college myself. Some of these years are a bit hazy considering it’s been at least 20 years, but also because mourning did something to me when…

  Garnetjewel

  April 30, 2024

  American Heritage, God’s Timing, World History

  campus, Christian, church, gaza, hazy, interpretation, Israel, Jewish students, memories, Nazi’s, news, palestine, politics, protesting, resistance, siblings, threatening, universities, White Rose

• The Keffiyeh

  Memories have resurfaced in seeing this scarf on American campuses and really domestically, coast to coast. I still remember as a child during the Clinton Administration watching Yasser Arafat on the news proudly wearing his keffiyeh as the PLO Leader, the Palestine Liberation Organization at Camp David. Watching some of the Jewish interviews on Fox…

  Garnetjewel

  April 23, 2024

  American Heritage, God’s Timing, Modern American History, Uncategorized, World History

  administration, campus, education, gaza, Iraq, irony, Israel, keffiyeh, meaning, memories, news, palestine, peasants, students, travel, West Bank, Yasser Arafat

• A Drivers License

  In December I got a reminder to renew my license. Fortunately it’s not something I forget, but it has been put on the back-burner a few times. The reminder was more for the Real-ID which you have to have several documents with you to get done. My license was good until the end of the…

  Garnetjewel

  January 16, 2024

  American Heritage, Bible Reflections, Family, God’s Timing, Modern American History

  21st birthday, birthday, birthdays, BMV, campus, celebrate, class, constant reminders, death, decisions, drivers license, Family, family-history, grief, illegal, license, memories, reminders, renewal, routine events, Saturday, stories, Sunday, ticket

• Summer School at OCU

  My college life was really unique. I began college right after graduating from high school, but realized a Catholic Campus wasn’t right for me after all. So then working a job for most of that semester and saving up I was able to start college for the Spring Semester. Maybe this course a year later…

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  July 17, 2023

  American Heritage, Family, God’s Timing

  campus, college, cousins, Dr. Cutchin, Family, Geography, Mr. Gee, Oakland City University