Self Introduction (Katrina)

Another SLU grad over here- I took Dr. Chmiel's class in 2010 & graduated in 2011. My first writing class was in 2014, while I was in grad school, & here we are 6-ish years later!

I'm in St. Louis, where I work for Our Lady's Inn. 

I love love traveling, & one of my main life goals is be able to be able to codeswitch effortlessly into another language. Nowhere near there yet! And obviously I love to read- always have, always will. I recently came across this quote from Tolkien in response to criticism of his work being escapist: “Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if, when he cannot do so, he thinks and talks about other topics than jailers and prison-walls? The world outside has not become less real because the prisoner cannot see it. In using escape in this way the critics have chosen the wrong word, and, what is more, they are confusing, not always by sincere error, the Escape of the Prisoner with the Flight of the Deserter.” I feel like this is so salient for this class especially. Lastly (well, lastly enough for a blog intro), I'm loving learning more about the saints. My current saintly buddy is St. Zelie Martin, mother of Therese of Lisieux. What a woman! 

At my cousin Julia's table- one of my very favorite spots on earth