By Emily on February 15, 2012
Valentine’s Day was never a personal favorite. I thought that my grandma dying on February 14th last year would seal the deal and make it a sad occasion each year. But, in fact, the opposite happened. I made valentines with my sister over the weekend. I dressed up, wearing some of my favorite red shoes [...]
Posted in getting crafty, letter writing, things that make me smile | Tagged crafting, love, mail, random acts of kindness, Valentine's Day
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 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
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.
