FROM ALICIA'S DESK

Pages from a
learning life.

Reading notes, honest reflections and the thoughts that stay with me after the classroom grows quiet.

Read the journals → Written slowly. Shared honestly.
NOTES FROM THE MARGINS
“Some books meet us before we are ready. We return when we have grown into the questions.”
— Alicia
ON THE DESKBooks, questions and room to change my mind.

A READING JOURNAL

Not reviews. Conversations.

These entries are a record of what I notice, resist, understand differently and carry forward. They make space for unfinished thoughts—because reading is not only about reaching the final page.

The Cup of Tea I Keep Forgetting

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The Cup of Tea I Keep Forgetting

27 July 20263 min read
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THE JOURNAL SHELF

All reading entries

Return whenever you need a thoughtful corner and another book to consider.

Journal 2
12 Jul 2026

Journal 2

The Book I Read Before I Was Ready Rereading Who Fears Death and questioning why we expect understanding to happen immediately. Returning to the

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Journal 1
11 Jul 2026

Journal 1

The Little Tree That Changed My Perspective🪴 When I brought home my calamondin tree, I had one simple goal: to grow fruit. I imagined

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A NOTE TO THE READER

You do not have to finish every thought before it is worth sharing.

Reading changes us quietly. This is where I try to notice.

— Alicia