By Emily on February 8, 2013
I may have a future as an archivist after all, since apparently I’ve gotten more comfortable with always having a backlog I just keep slogging through. By this I mean, I’ve caught up on Flickr uploads…through 2011! Success? One of the really fun parts about going through old photos is reminiscing about fun times, creative [...]
Posted in a few of my favorite things, photography, Spain, travel | Tagged delayed, Madrid, photos, Spain, travel, vacation
By Emily on November 21, 2012
I have never compiled a bucket list, or a 30 before 30 list (though I’m thinking about it, with thirty a little more than a year away!) But, even without formal list making, our little life lists start to develop. I want to see Machu Picchu before I die. And the Taj Mahal. And the [...]
Posted in a few of my favorite things, Austin, Spain, what I'm listening to now | Tagged Adam Duritz, ATX, August and Everything After, Austin, Counting Crows, life list, music, Stubb's BBQ
By Emily on February 11, 2012
My tax refund was paltry, once again (I think something was jacked up on my W4 and I never realized it…hoping for a bit more of a payday next year). But since it was so small, I felt 100% justified blowing the entire $85 I got back from the State of Montana. And what did [...]
Posted in photography, Spain, things that make me smile | Tagged adobe, Montana, Photoshop, Spain, tax refund, toys
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 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
By Emily on September 30, 2011
“The idea of having travel in your future is like having a book that you haven’t read by an author who you love.” – Paul Theroux One month til takeoff. (from NPR’s Talk of the Nation)
Posted in Spain, things that make me smile, travel | Tagged NPR, Paul Theroux, quotable, Spain, Talk of the Nation, travel
By Emily on August 4, 2011
I bought a plane ticket to Madrid. After months and months of talking about it, thinking about it, planning a trip and then having to reconsider, daily Kayak email alerts about rising and falling fares, I finally bit the bullet and bought a ticket to Spain for this fall. It took a bonus at work [...]
Posted in a few of my favorite things, Andalucía, Spain, travel | Tagged Barcelona, Córdoba, friends, Madrid, Spain, travel
By Emily on May 19, 2011
What’s the number one project you want to do but never seem to find time for? Bonus points if it’s overwhelming, expensive (especially if you buy supplies for it even when you’re not doing it), time consuming, or takes up a lot of physical space. For me, it’s scrapbooking. Or travel art journaling. Or whatever [...]
Posted in blogs I read and like, design, getting crafty, photography, Spain, travel | Tagged art history, art journal, grandparents, London, memories, paper addict, procrastination, scrapbooking, Spain, travel
By Emily on November 21, 2010
Squeezing in under the wire tonight. It’s been a long day of baby showering and pre-Thanksgiving Thanksgiving dinner, and I’m tired. And still rather sniffly. But all of this focus on relationships this morning got me thinking about this article, posted by Megan some time last week. The title, “Women in the Netherlands work less, [...]
Posted in blogs I read and like, jobs schmobs, rants, Spain | Tagged feminism, rants, thoughts
By Emily on June 30, 2010
I’ve been on a roll with the blog this week (not to be confused with blogroll…har. A little nerd humor…) as the picked-up pace of blogging is mirroring the rest of my life. I’ve been on hyperdrive in the past couple of weeks, scrubbing, unpacking, hammering things into the walls after midnight most nights and [...]
Posted in a few of my favorite things, Andalucía, fiesta, jobs schmobs, Missoula, Spain, travel
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.
