By Emily on May 12, 2013
After quite a few months of internship applications, and reconsidering whether or not I wanted to just spend the summer sizzling in Austin, and waiting, waiting, waiting to hear back, I finally got word a few weeks ago that I’ll be spending June and July interning at the Smithsonian in D.C.! This week, I finally [...]
Posted in seasons, things that make me smile, travel, working | Tagged internship, Smithsonian, summer, Washington D.C.
By Emily on May 5, 2013
The semester’s end is a moving goalpost: as soon as I think I can reach it, it slides juuuust out of reach. In the meantime, I am ticking away boxes on my ever-growing academic and otherwise to do list before shifting to my summer to do lists: the mostly fun kind, and the kind involving [...]
Posted in photography, seasons, things that make me smile, travel | Tagged Ann Hamilton, art installation, Houston, Paul Octavious, summer
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 July 16, 2011
This has been a very strange summer, and all of a sudden I’m realizing that it’s mid-July and it’s halfway over. Montana summers don’t really follow the June-July-August model, to be fair, and I’m sure we’ll have some lovely, warm September days. Even so, it’s mid-July. I think I’ve eaten a total of two meals [...]
Posted in Montana, seasons, what I'm listening to now | Tagged Colin Meloy's vocabulary, Decemberists, summer
By Emily on July 15, 2011
Things have been crazy hectic for a while now – lots of thoughtless multitasking and then wondering why I’m standing in front of the open fridge, staring into the abyss. Things are still in boxes around the house from the roommate changeup; the art still hasn’t made it back onto the wall. Shelves are either [...]
Posted in getting crafty, moving, new house | Tagged at home, homebody, light at 10 pm so it seems OK to be having dinner, summer
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 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 November 20, 2010
As much as I’m delighting in the snow that’s just starting to swirl outside my window, today I’m in the throes of baby shower planning, and in need of some flowers. I’ve gone to a handful of places this week, trying to find some decent looking and not too pricey flowers – without much luck. [...]
Posted in a few of my favorite things, adventures in cooking, seasons | Tagged "farmers market", baby shower, dahlias, flowers, summer
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.
