❤️ Fourth of July Look 💙
A DIY project I did the other day – all it took was sewing on the extra “S” patch I had lying around on a spare shirt! It really adds something!
I love this 4th of July inspired outfit I wore: 😎
With no work to do on the holiday, I felt adventurous and decided to try the Firework Frappuccino at Starbucks! It was amazing; it had a fruity zing to it with vanilla sweet cream cold foam, coconut milk, raspberry-flavored pearls and strawberry puree! 🍓🥥
Lastly, I grilled myself a veggie burger with beans and homemade Watergate salad:
📚 Current Read ☕️
So!! I wanted to challenge myself this summer, and to read something different than I normally would. I’ve owned Dante Alighieri’s famous book, The Divine Comedy, for years but never got very far in it due to its complexity, so I had a hard time understanding.
The reason why I chose this book to revisit is because I discovered that Yale offers (free!) open courses, which are essentially a collection of lectures given in past semesters that have been uploaded online. One of the courses was Dante In Translation, and boom! That’s what I chose so I could follow along and have help understanding the book.
As I follow along the book’s journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven, it’s been a very unique read that makes me think a lot on a philosophical level, and thankfully, I understand it much better by listening to the professor explain each chapter. And with a little over a week to go, I’ll have finished it! I listen to a lecture a day, which is for one hour.
I’ve definitely been enjoying summer so far…and I hope you are, too! ☀️
The Big Hair Diaries 
Is Watergate scandalous? That’s excellent; you are doing a course on the Divine Comedy. I didn’t like it when I read it. Not because I didn’t understand it; it’s because in 1st-century Christianity, souls do not go to Heaven; Jesus taught resurrection of the body. It’s debatable if there’s a hell, at least like Dante describes it. Satan does not exist in the Jewish Bible. Christians have misrepresented the “Adversary” as Satan, and the idea of souls going to Heaven or Hell was borrowed from Plato, and fully embraced and institutionalized by the Catholic Church. Dante did his part to further perpetuate the myth of souls going to Heaven or Hell. I’m okay with Purgatory, as that is like the “Bosom of Abraham” where the dead wait for the resurrection.
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Haha, yep, the name has the Nixon reference! My mom had the recipe from the ’70s and I decided to make it again!
And what the freaking heck, Tim!!!! How do you know so much? I had no idea about anything you just wrote! Sigh, I’m clueless – it’s no wonder I needed an adult to walk me through the book. Thank goodness I found that course, or else I wouldn’t understand the book at all! 🤪
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I’ve done quite a bit of studying on theological matters.
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I’ve always loved your Sailor Moon bag; it’s perfect for the Fourth of July! It was also fun to see a new original collegiate top, this time with your own initial. Overall, your Fourth sounds like it was lots of fun, from the Fireworks brew to the Watergate salad (yum!) to your new read. I’m so impressed that you’re taking a course at Yale on The Divine Comedy! I’m so glad you’re enjoying it and having a wonderful summer. 💖🤍💙
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Thank you so much!! 🥰💕 I truly appreciate it!
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Samantha! That outfit is so fantastic. The skirt and top compliment each other. I love the belt. And of course you look lovely and especially with that smile. That drink looks amazing. And that burger…YUM. WATERGATE salad LOL..a reference to Nixon’s down fall? BTW, every fourth of July I watch 1776. A 70s movie about the creation of the Declaration. It’s a musical LOL. It’s funny and mostly historically accurate.
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Thanks for the compliments, Sam!! I appreciate it a lot! Haha, yep, Watergate salad indeed! That’s so cool that you watch a musical about 1776 every July 4th! What a fun way to soak in the history! ❤️💙
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