2011
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By Emily on December 30, 2011
Like everyone in America, I’ve been pretty annoyed with Netflix this year. They provide a great service, yes, and I’ve discovered all sorts of movies thanks to their crazy algorithm (wait, one more Quirky Romantic Comedy with a Strong Female Lead? How about a Cerebral Foreign Drama? yes and yes.) Their DVD selection still encapsulates [...]
Posted in a few of my favorite things | Tagged alternative to cable, movies, Netflix, Roku, TV shows
By Emily on December 28, 2011
I feel like I have so much I want to tell you! It’s been hard to decide where to begin. This sort of echoes my general, near-constant state of attempting to “catch up,” but seeing as how the majority of my most recent posts have been random updates, and random updates aren’t all that interesting, [...]
Posted in around the house, letter writing, moving, seasons | Tagged January, magazines, new year, organizing, pressure
By Emily on December 15, 2011
So I have this huge mirror: My mom bought it for me. I’m a big fan. It needs a little more crack-filling and a fair amount of sanding. Then comes the fun part: painting. It’s been sitting, propped up against the non-functional fireplace in the living room, for a long time as I’ve debated what [...]
Posted in around the house, blogs I read and like, colors, getting crafty | Tagged another project, colors, decorating, painting, polling the populace
By Emily on December 13, 2011
This reminded me of the story of how my grandparents met. There is a certain degree of randomness in all of our lives. Little choices that add up to the path one takes, even without realizing. “The tiny god of probability that brought us here.” Why I’m Here Because my mother was on a date [...]
Posted in poetry | Tagged Jacqueline Berger, poetry, randomness, The Writer's Almanac
By Emily on December 11, 2011
Whenever I come home from seeing my friend Anna, which isn’t all that often as she’s typically living in Sweden or Spain, I come back and have found new ways to I emulate her. She’s fashion-forward and Swedish, so I get a lot of my Scandi-fix from her. We can communicate in IKEA-ese, no problem, [...]
Posted in a few of my favorite things, around the house, seasons | Tagged candles, cozy, friends, mysig, Swedish style, tealights, winter
By Emily on December 4, 2011
I’m sitting in my living room, listening to “Linus and Lucy” for one of the first times this season, a little transfixed by the Christmas tree, finally decorated. It’s my first tree (and I even wielded the saw!) and is mostly covered with my parents’ castoff ornaments and a bunch of FIMO fruit ornaments [...]
Posted in adventures in cooking, around the house, blogs I read and like, letter writing, Montana, seasons, things that make me smile, what I'm listening to now | Tagged around the house, Brian Ferry, Christmas, crock pot, Sunday, the blue hour, tree cutting, winter
By Emily on November 18, 2011
http://vimeo.com/31158841
(Murmuration from Sophie Windsor Clive, via the thinking tank)
Posted in blogs I read and like, things that make me smile | Tagged great word, murmuration, nature, starlings, surprises
By Emily on November 17, 2011
I’m back. I’m jetlagged still, sorta. Or maybe coming down with a cold? Whatever – falling asleep at 9 pm is not my norm. So much swirling in my head so I’m not quite ready for any Spain posts. Still need to download photos to my computer. Still need to unpack my suitcase, bulging everywhere [...]
Posted in books, Spain, travel | Tagged Dennis Lehane, Kenzie and Gennaro, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, reading, Spain, True Blood, Whitey Bulger
By Emily on October 27, 2011
“It is always quietly thrilling to find yourself looking at a world you know well but have never seen from such an angle before.” – Bill Bryson, At Home I’ve been reading At Home for quite a while now. I’m actually really liking it – how things have found their way into our homes is [...]
Posted in books, new house, photography | Tagged around the house, Bill Bryson, macro
By Emily on October 26, 2011
When I lie in bed in the morning, listening to NPR and all of the depressing news about the Postal Service, about closing offices, no Saturday delivery, that people just don’t use the mail the way they used to, I find myself feeling personally responsible. Guilty, even, that I’ve been neglecting the post office, one [...]
Posted in a few of my favorite things, blogs I read and like, moving, Spain, travel, writing | Tagged cool school, going postal, letters, old school?, post office, postal service, USPS
I like writing, photography, reading, music, design, typography, paper products, days in the seventies and sparkly snow, Spanish wine and cans of PBR. I spent a year in Córdoba, Spain, working as a language and culture assistant through the Spanish government, traveling, and writing about it here. After a few years back in my home state of Montana, I moved to Austin, Texas, where I like to go exploring, take pictures of my food, write letters, dream of far-off places, and think about concepts of home.
