My favorite Harvard student

t 5:10 p.m. March 31, Cambridge gave their girl the electronic nod.
Old men put down the newspapers they were reading and wept. Carla Lewis screamed.

One yo-yo at a time

I come from a long line of worriers, with one form of anxiety disorder or another being passed down through the generations, not unlike the premature gray hair, hyper-ticklish feet and a propensity for beer.

Settling in, except for the smell

Oh, googlemaps, how we adore ye — even when you fail us.

We’ve meandered our way across the Somerville line with the help of not one but two police escorts. (They’re nicer than you’d think.)

About this blog

I’m a journalist based in Roanoke, Va., and my family and I are about to embark on a yearlong journey to Cambridge, Ma., where I’ve been astonishingly lucky enough to get a Nieman Fellowship for Journalism. I hope to blog about our experiences with the move — the culture change from South to North, my [...]

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