Tag: photography
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We DIY-ed our Holiday Card Photos & Lived to Tell the Tale
December always starts out so slow, you know? Thanksgiving ends, and you think (or at least I think), “Oh, I have several glorious weeks until Christmas! This year I surely won’t be rushed. That’s weeks to leisurely bake cookies, decorate the apartment, sing all my favorite Christmas hymns, watch ‘A Very Murray Christmas,’ go cut…
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Iceland: Day 1
We woke up on our first day in Iceland prepared to wander around Reykjavik and get the lay of the land. Our apartment was in a really convenient location, right in the center of the 101 district, so it was in the heart of everything, including tourist shops, which usually aren’t my thing. Reykjavik is…
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Thoughts for a Tuesday
I’ve been having a hard time integrating The Artist’s Way into my days, aside from the Morning Pages, which I have been compartmentalizing. So I thought I’d make something out of a quote I pulled from this week’s chapter. I hope the act of creating something with the content of each week’s chapter will help…
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Dairyland Antiques: Documenting a disappearing treasure
It’s hard for me to say how long I’ve loved this place. Since high school, at least. I would wander through looking for vintage scarves, bags, and costume jewelry, admiring furniture I had nowhere to put and no money to buy. I once dragged Chad through it, stopping to show him a ring I really…
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Week 1: Writing
So, what in the world am I doing now that I quit my job? A lot. I got a bit of a slow start last week, with all of the hurricane excitement. Chad couldn’t get to his office in Manhattan, so he worked from home with me all last week. I did manage to write…
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Dish Outtakes: Is It Still Local if It Came from Three Hours Away?
… I say yes, as long as it came from my parents’ farm or somewhere else in the Valley, and especially if I helped harvest it with my own hands. A couple weekends ago, I went back home to do corn. I didn’t decide I was going to go until the last minute, but ultimately,…