By Emily on September 19, 2012
It’s official. I’m back in school mode (or at least desperately trying to be). I’ve been sick for the last week, a weird mix of symptoms that seems to change everyday. Every morning there’s a new surprise – mostly fairly unpleasant, really. Is it an ear infection? Strep? Common, lingering cold? I don’t know. And [...]
Posted in a few of my favorite things, adventures in cooking, around the house, new house | Tagged battening down the hatches, chicken tortilla soup, laundry, productivity, school mode, settling in, slow cooker
By Emily on May 27, 2012
…baby, I’m about to have me some fun. (thanks for that, R. Kelly) It’s raining and chilly here. Go figure. I’ve spent the day thus far under the covers, finishing the third Hunger Games book, and then Skype-ing with some friends in Portugal. Always nice to see their smiling faces. Last night, a friend and [...]
Posted in adventures in cooking, around the house, books, moving | Tagged fitting in fun, Hunger Games, long weekend, R. Kelly, The Cutting Edge, the ever-growing to do list
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 October 10, 2011
Shit has been crazy lately. I started writing this post two weeks ago and here we are. Was going to just delete it, but something about the delay speaks to everything going on right now. A work project that has been ongoing since about May is finally starting to wrap up – in a few [...]
Posted in a few of my favorite things, adventures in cooking, jobs schmobs, moving | Tagged busy busy, GREs, IKEA PS cabinet, quilt
By Emily on August 9, 2011
I often get asked what I’m doing when I’m taking pictures of food. People find it quite odd, all in all. But this video hints a little at the beauty to be found in the food we prepare and eat. So many colors, so many textures – and a little strange alchemy in all of [...]
Posted in adventures in cooking, blogs I read and like, photography, things that make me smile | Tagged baking, food photography, Kinfolk, Tiger in a Jar
By Emily on June 19, 2011
Saturday: Garage sale weather. We got rained on in cycles throughout the afternoon. But got rid of a lot of junk! Sometimes cleaning some things out makes room for thinking, and occasionally even for creativity. Sunday dinner: Vegetarian pot pie stew, served over Caulipots. Both from Appetite for Reduction: 125 Fast and Filling Low-Fat Recipes. Not [...]
Posted in adventures in cooking, photography, seasons
By Emily on June 5, 2011
An actual creative day! Planting flowers. Wandering the Home Resource store for furniture ideas. Discovering new music. And an afternoon of cooking, with lunch packed for tomorrow and company for dinner in the backyard. Pretty impressive since I spent about two hours being stalked by this same goddamned squirrel. I am held hostage in the [...]
Posted in adventures in cooking, blog, getting crafty, Missoula, photography | Tagged 30 days of creativity, cashew cilantro chicken, Core Balance, Home Resource, squirrel, summer
By Emily on May 31, 2011
Sometimes it takes a deadline. Once I got almost five months behind on Flickr uploading, I started to get so overwhelmed that I wondered if I would always be posting photos of snow when the flowers are blooming, whether my farmer’s market and green grass photos would need sorting as the leaves were falling. But [...]
Posted in adventures in cooking, blog, getting crafty, photography, seasons, things that make me smile, working | Tagged 30 days of creativity, catch up, Flickr, June, uploading
By Emily on January 30, 2011
Why, make yourself a Lime Crystal Geyser/IKEA Lingonberry syrup/Costco champagne spritzer, of course! Then have another pulled pork sandwich. And make some curry chicken salad to bring to work this week (although the bowl takes up too much space in the ever-exploding fridge). What are Sunday afternoons for if not for strange drinks and adventures [...]
Posted in adventures in cooking, new house | Tagged crock pot fever, curried chicken salad, leftovers, recipes, root beer pulled pork
By Emily on January 27, 2011
(in other words, a slight delay does not diminish the gratitude) Just wanted to take a quick minute to thank Jenn and Kelly for thinking of me and my little blog experiment when they were handing out Stylish Blogger Awards a few weeks back. Look, there’s even a sparkly button: Ooh la la. Makes me [...]
Posted in adventures in cooking, blog, blogs I read and like, things that make me smile | Tagged A Home in the Making, Blog Lovin', Blogcatalog, Ever Kelly, gettin' out there, stylish blogger award
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.
