pope — Hannah Elise Schultz

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— Hannah Schultz (biographical name): a Kentuckian, traveler, PhD student, hiker, environmentalist, and Great Pyrenees enthusiast

When despair grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting for their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

— Wendell Berry, The Peace of Wild Things

Travel With Me: Rome, Italy (Day Five)

The full title of this magnificent cathedral is “Major Papal, Patriarchal and Roman Archbasilica Cathedral of the Most Holy Savior and Saints John the Baptist and the Evangelist in Lateran, Mother and Head of All Churches in Rome and in the World.” It is the oldest and highest ranking of the four major papal basilicas and houses the cathedra (or seat) of the Roman bishop. As the Cathedral of the Pope as Bishop of Rome, it actually ranks superior to all other churches of the Roman Catholic Church, including St. Peter's Basilica.

Travel With Me: Rome, Italy (Day Two)

Our second day in Rome, Ryan and I woke up early yet again to catch the metro over to Vatican City. The last Sunday of the month, the Vatican Museums are free, and being the thrifty people we are, we were willing to brave the crowds to avoid the 17 euros each for a ticket. However, we did not anticipate how crowded it would be. When we arrived an hour before the museum doors opened, the line stretched ridiculously long, disappearing around the corner of the Vatican wall. Nevertheless, we persisted, standing in line for over an hour, and I’d say it was worth it—the line moved relatively quickly, and once we were inside, the crowds weren’t unbearable.

Adventures inSerendipity

— Hannah Schultz (biographical name): a Kentuckian, traveler, PhD student, hiker, environmentalist, and Great Pyrenees enthusiast

Adventures in
Serendipity