Ryanne Molinari

An Active & Imaginative Life

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September 14, 2020

On the Journaling Life: 10 Years and Counting

I have been journaling for over ten years now. My first entry from 2010 begins with the ever-eloquent “Arghhhh!” of a furious thirteen-year-old. I was apparently enraged by my seventh-grade math teacher, though I’m laughing now at the incident. It is hilarious that such a minor grievance propelled me into one of the greatest blessings Continue reading

Bookish Style, Grace & Gumption, literary living, Musings

arc of life, devotionals, diary, journal, journal entry, journaling, journaling life, keep a journal, Musing, personal growth, perspective, poetry, prayers, reflection, reflective, reflective living, why journal, writer, writing
June 25, 2020

Great (Thwarted) Expectations

Choosing to read Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations now of all times felt satisfyingly ironic. After all, my expectations for this season of life have been consistently frustrated. Like Pip, the novel’s protagonist, I spent the last year building grand, beautiful, ambitious plans only to have them come crashing down in painful succession. In reading Great Continue reading

A Bit of Light Reading, Literature

character development, charles dickens, first person, great expectations, narrative arc, narrator, personal growth
December 12, 2018

Poems and a Creek and Such (revisiting an old spot of time)

When I was a freshman in college, I had the not-uncommon experience of feeling 150682234% overwhelmed. It was honestly a feat of grace and strength that I stuck it out, but by the second semester, how happy I was that I did! As that terrified, homesick 18-year-old, I went on a choir retreat and nearly Continue reading

Musings, Poetry

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