Last Glog Post
Hello one last time,
It's another Sunday evening at the academy, and the weather is still beautiful. I'm sitting here as it's my last Sunday night at the academy, but I remember as though it was yesterday the exceedingly hot September morning that was my first at the academy. Every experience in between is a memory never to be forgotten.
The time we went as a whole school to opening day at Fenway, or my first time at Frenchman's, the first time Motor Booty Affair came to Gould.
Saturday night Motor Booty came again to Gould and brought along a whole lot of funk and disco music that still this morning rang in my ear.
Earlier this week I was part of an excellent group ride through Evan's notch and back through Fryburg and Lovell.
Looking back on four years there are a lot of these memories and experiences that have taught me something about myself and the community that is growing around me.
In six days I will be joining a new community at St. Lawrence University, but forever I will be apart of this Gould community.
Gould is the place where I discovered: Cycling, Photo, woodfired saunas, pottery, and most importantly living.
Living is a tricky thing to understand. Yes everyday you breath, thats sub-conscious, actually living is something you have to discover for yourself.
10 days in the woods above the 45th parallel in winter with little more than necessities is living, that taught me enough to plan a bike trip for myself and a friend through the unfamiliar state of South Carolina.
Will and I were talking today about life after college and what we want, what we used to think we wanted, what was success. None of it had to do with money, all of it had to do with living, doing new things, going to unfamiliar places, and pushing your own limit of comfort. When you do that every day, and take advantage of opportunities spontaneously...you are living.
So, this summer and ever day, get out there and live...
When it times come to remember all those experiences, such as now, I'll take a few words from the Broken Social Scene song When it Begins, "don't forget what you felt"...
They say it simply, if you want to remember, don't forget what it felt like...
Get out and live, remember what you felt and you'll remember...
Thanks for reading,
Hope to see you out living in the future,
Tom Duggan
Fun this Week endAs many of the Glogs have already said, it's getting close to the end.
And with that comes the last closed weekend of the year. And what has become one off the funnest week ends of the year.
I don't know all the details, but I know Motor Booty Affair are back in the house.....!!!!
Yeah Baby.
Here are some pics from past landings of the mother ship of funk, for you, to get in the mood....
I'm SURE there will be plenty of pics to follow....!
Also, on Friday Gould will be playing Berwick Academy in the NEPSAC Lacrosse semi finals. A team we have already beat this season.
Here at Gould.
So if you in the area come along and support the Huskies.
Until next week.
Over and out.
The Davies's
Yesterday morning we had a
firedrill. Boring, right? Not this time! After the whole school had arrived in
Bingham and
attendance was taken, we all got a bit of a surprise.
The much-anticipated proctor election results were announced! Next year's four head proctors are Troy Murphy, Tomi Chipman, Eddie Mele, and Violeta Borilova. Congratulations to all new proctors!
I thought that was it, but then Mrs. Donovan announced that the whole school would be going to Portland to see a Seadogs baseball game! We left after classes and watched the Seadogs take on the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. Thanks to Wendy and Dick Penely who sponsored the event.
Women's varsity tennis won both the singles and doubles MAISADs competition!
Second to last Tuesday of the school year!The freshmen class went to Funtown Splashtown for Physics Day last Thursday. Talk about taking the concepts out of the classroom! There IS a lot of physics involved in roller coasters... and a whole lot of FUN!
These Funtown pictures are courtesy of Mr. Hedden. I wonder who has more fun at Funtown- the students or their teachers...
Can you tell what this is?
It's the boarding senior girls sleeping in Ordway Living Room with the morning sun trying (unsuccessfully) to wake them. After movies on the "big screen" and a slumber party they went out for breakfast at our local diner, Crossroads. Why? Just for fun!
Sarai and our bunny, Stella. It's nice to be able to let the bunnies hop around outside now that the snow is melted and the grass is green. Stella is an anogra rabbit and we harvest her wool a few times a year. We're considering breeding Stella to our male angora rabbit, Tukee. Anyone interested in a bunny? We'd like to have homes before we breed them.
We have a new garden space in the barn yard. When the garden is well established our goal will be to contribute to our local food bank as well as our own dining hall. This year we're thinking about creating and supporting good soil. Unfortunately the last thing on that soil was a giant tractor, so we are tilling to loosen the soil a bit. This picture is Jane, learning to work the rototiller without being dragged around the garden! The machine weighs more than she does!
Until next week... which will be exam week... and only 4 days from commencement!
-Tracey
one weekWell folks the end is truly near, we have only one week of classes left before finals starts.
Almost all of our sports teams were in championship games this weekend and a few even brought home victories. But we should congratulate all our athletes on a great spring of performances and wish graduating athletes good luck next year at the college level.
After all the games it was the weekend and a needed time to relax and think about the great year we have had. For me it was time to think about the amazing four years that I have had here at Gould. As I always do, I had a fire and a seniors hung-out and made s'mores till the rain came.
On
Thursday all of the seniors went on a trip down the
Saco in canoes. The great surprise came after marching practice and then we were soon on our way to the
Saco river.
We floated the six miles enjoying the weather and really enjoying being free from our classes. As we start this final week of class, I am going to enjoy them, they are the last class I will take at Gould. The lessons though, never stop, they only begin here.
Until Next week,
Tom
