By Emily on December 27, 2012
I’m back in my old town for a couple of nights, the place where I lived off and on (but mostly on) for a decade prior to moving to Texas. I was looking forward to seeing some friends here, wandering around, eating at a few favorite places. I needed to get some repair work done [...]
Posted in Austin, Missoula, moving | Tagged holidays, homesickness, moving (on), new places, nostalgia, old friends
By Emily on August 18, 2012
I’m sitting in a very crowded Starbucks in Austin, watching the rain pour outside the windows. This is not the kind of midday rain I’m accustomed to. But then again, the last week or so has been marked by all kinds of things I’m not accustomed to. And I’m doing OK. Moving is a bitch. [...]
Posted in around the house, Austin, Missoula, moving | Tagged curious creatures, moving, speed bumps, transitions
By Emily on July 20, 2012
Ironic that my last post, about finding the time to prioritize writing, was written six weeks ago. It’s quite possibly been the busiest six weeks of my life. Handed over board president reins after a hectic, but I think fairly successful, year. Three weeks in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Sweden. One last week of working. [...]
Posted in around the house, Missoula, moving, travel, working | Tagged Austin, Missoula, moving, packing, running, summer, travel
By Emily on June 5, 2012
As someone who dreaded running The Mile in gym class every year, who was lapped on the track by the fast kids while limping along with a sideache most of the time, I must admit that even I am surprised by the following statement: I ran seven miles the other day. And I didn’t [...]
Posted in Missoula, things that make me smile | Tagged goals, half marathon, running
By Emily on May 16, 2012
Something you lose in being mobile, a new city or even just a new neighborhood every couple of years, is the ability to judge the passage of time based on a handful of constants. My short walk to work over the past two years has changed very little. It’s not just that I could do [...]
Posted in Missoula, moving, seasons, things that make me smile | Tagged photography, quotidian, rhythm, seasons, the little things
By Emily on April 29, 2012
+ The Moveable Type Truck made a stop in town two Fridays ago for just a couple of hours. My sister and I hustled down there to meet Kyle on the tail end of her ten month tour of the U.S. We were lucky to catch her on one of her last few stops before [...]
Posted in around the house, books, design, Missoula, things that make me smile | Tagged Hunger Games, letterpress, Moveable Type, Sookie Stackhouse, springtime, The Killing, tulips
By Emily on October 13, 2011
Even in the haze of all of the stuff going on, even as I’m feeling snippy and kinda cranky and worn down, I’ve been stopped in my ever-hastening tracks by truly lovely acts over the last couple of days. So to the girl who shouted “Love your shoes!” while riding her bike by in the [...]
Posted in Missoula, things that make me smile | Tagged pay it forward, people are pretty good after all, random acts of kindness
By Emily on October 12, 2011
I recently attended a poetry reading as part of the Montana Festival of the Book. To be honest, the poet I most wanted to see, a former professor of mine, wasn’t there and initially I felt sort of disappointed. I am so penurious with my time lately – I feel like I have so little [...]
Posted in Missoula, poetry, writing | Tagged bravery, poetry, transition
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 21, 2011
Not a bad place to have a couple of drinks with family and watch the sunset from the patio. A good Monday.
Posted in Missoula, photography, seasons, things that make me smile | Tagged 30 days of creativity, almost summer, evening
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.
