By Emily on May 16, 2013
Six years ago, as I was preparing to move back to Spain, I wanted a means of communicating with people at home, of sharing photos, something beyond group emails. And so I decided, hesitantly, to start a blog. Six years later, that blog has become this space. This blog has taken me from Montana to [...]
Posted in a few of my favorite things, blog, fiesta, photography, writing | Tagged a space to call my own, another year older and deeper in debt, blog anniversary, blogiversary?, six years
By Emily on December 22, 2012
It’s been a slog, these last few weeks of the semester. I pulled an all-nighter for the first time in, oh, a decade or so. I did a couple of presentations and wrote 35 pages of papers and wrapped up a group project and got a new research assistantship, all within a few days. And [...]
Posted in blog, teaching, working, writing | Tagged Gossip Girl, grading, semester's end, TA, UT
By Emily on July 15, 2011
I just lost a post I was working on a bit yesterday. Sometimes a little data loss can make you feel like life is out of whack, like something is gone and will never quite be replaced. And it wasn’t even super deep or fascinating, just thoughts that had come to mind over the course [...]
Posted in blog | Tagged publish block, Wordpress 3.0, writing, zen mode
By Emily on July 11, 2011
Since my computer is in the shop, I’m temporarily using a loaner. I’m lucky to have any computer at all right now, since the USB ports just collapsed inside my Toshiba a few days ago – apparently a not uncommon occurence with my particular, just out of warranty model. Marvy. This MacBook is nice and [...]
Posted in blog | Tagged computer, familiarity, habits
By Emily on June 30, 2011
This has been a good exercise, this 30 Days of Creativity project, for a lot of reasons. Not that I’d necessarily consider it a success, mind you. I struggled a bit too much, sort of dropped the ball more than once. It made me think a lot more about creativity in my days, or lack [...]
Posted in a few of my favorite things, blog, colors, Missoula, seasons | Tagged #createstuff, 30 days of creativity, shoe gazing month, summer, wandering
By Emily on June 6, 2011
Remember that squirrel from yesterday? Well, he’s making himself known. This is what I woke up to this morning: Bastard. This means war. But since it was raining when I got home from work, war will have to wait a day. In the meantime, purple nails are going to be the most creative painting of [...]
Posted in blog, Montana, photography, rants | Tagged 30 days of creativity, adventures in gardening, Forever 21 cheap nail polish, warring with a squirrel
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 June 4, 2011
Here’s looking on the bright side: after a week of rain, the pansies on the front steps have bounced back from the mowing by the deer. Take that, stupid deer.
Posted in a few of my favorite things, blog, Montana, photography | Tagged #createstuff, 30 days of creativity, damn deer, front steps, pansies
By Emily on June 3, 2011
Still coming a little slowly for me. At 8 pm, I realized it hadn’t been the most creative day. Do drinks with friends count? A creative look at drinks with friends? (photo by me)
Posted in a few of my favorite things, blog, Missoula, photography | Tagged #createstuff, 30 days of creativity, almost Friday, bokeh, Depot, drinks, friends
By Emily on June 1, 2011
Today’s attempt at summoning creativity didn’t go all that well. “30 Days of Creativity” might be another way of saying “30 days of me taking pictures of flowers.” Still, I carried my camera around. I had my eyes open. Even in the rain. For today, this is what I saw. (photo by me. clearly.)
Posted in blog, photography | Tagged #makestuff, 30 days of creativity, flowers, Pinterest, spring
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.
