Once more, with feeling…
Out of the habit We used to visit every other year or so, strategically taking advantage of the Christmas break or summer holidays. Germany was magical. The Gummi bears perched on my pillow in the guest room when I arrived and a never-ending supply of Brötchen at breakfast kept my mouth busy, but left my [...]
The north fork
Today we drove out to the Noth Fork with some friends to tour a couple of wineries and hang out. It’s been amazingly chill and refreshing and fun. The kind of trip where we pull over at yard sales and load up on old glassware, cricket bats and statues of woodland creatures. I almost said [...]
singing
tonight i am singing at a coffeehouse/art gallery opening at our church. they have a gallery event every other month or so and people performing the night of the opening. i am nervous. seriously. very nervous. but i love singing and don’t do it very often and i love performing with russ together, so i’m [...]
#18 The Thrifted Shirt
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } I got this on a recent trip to Philadelphia to see this lady and her new baby and ended up getting to go thrifting with this lady. I got two shirts for $6. This [...]
crossing something off my list
dear Internet: today i learned how to drive a standard. it was panic-attack-filled fun for all. i only hyper-ventilated about 32 times and i finally mastered getting going on a hill. i know it seems small, but i am so proud of conquering this. also, Tiffany is the best teacher ever. you should definitely see [...]
28 Things for This year.
I am 28 years old and I have just embarked on a risky adventure to try and be an artist and illustrator full-time. To honor this occasion, I made a list for myself of 28 things I’d like to do this year. In a year, I’ll check in and see what happened. 1. learn to [...]
when i grow up…
i want to be an artist, seamstress and musician. someone will pay me to do this, right?