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subtle happiness IV: ordinary scents
~Locals burning excess brush in their gardens ~Eucalyptus trees ~Clean dogs (I am referring to the way my dogs smell when they are clean, not the shampoo smell on them after a bath) ~Fresh coffee ~Warm...
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“…pictures of your friends!”
This past week my close friend from college came out to visit me in the Azores. As we chatted, she mentioned that we have been friends for ten years now. Ten years. It is amazing how quickly the time...
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…more about me than her
“This is Carly, she bathes our dog. Oh! And her husband works for your son.” This was my casual introduction made by a woman to the indifferent parents of a high-ranking officer in my husband’s...
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ten years and ten images
Last Wednesday, I received the invitation to my ten-year high school reunion. The fact that my reunion was taking place that following weekend (three days after I received the invite), seemed to...
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lyrically inclined, final playlist
Last month, I finished my ongoing contribution to The Sketchbook Project 2013, a visual journal sketchbook entitled, Lyrically Inclined. As I mentioned in my previous post, I looked forward to taking...
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i love and hate facebook
I, like presumably many people, have a love/hate relationship with facebook. As a human living abroad, far removed from my family and friends located throughout the world, facebook provides an ideal...
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366 sketches: in conclusion–
As I stated in my project introduction, I didn’t do one drawing each day. I knew I wouldn’t, and I didn’t. The idea of making sure to do something out of habit every day for a year is too...
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guest post: old lady veldhouse by sam veldhouse
In an attempt to expand my blog, and perhaps introduce readers to other fantastic humans–I am introducing guest posts on my blog. This first post is from my lovely friend Sam, from In the Veldhouse:...
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guest post: coincidence, clues & cues by kerin valley
This guest post is from the lovely human, Kerin Valley, originally from Boston. She now lives in Minneapolis and I met her through our mutual friend, and all-around fantastic human, Sam. Her charming...
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commercially viable–
It was recently brought to my attention, by a close friend of mine, that the most common complaint (that isn’t the right word—maybe the term, criticism, is more appropriate) about my work is that it...
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365 good days: #150
My husband and I were watching a show about plastic surgery and he asked me, “If you had to get a form of plastic surgery–you know, like someone was going to kill your family so you had to choose...
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365 good days: #162
Today, I watched this filmed interview with Edward Snowden-and while the idea of the government tracking, documenting, and storing the phone records of every American citizen, doesn’t make my heart...
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illusion of confidence–
“And what does this mean?” “Why did you place that there?” “What does it represent, exactly?” I feel my heartbeat speed up. I know I must look like a deer in the headlights, when I am confronted...
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traveling with death, the turret–
Due to this bizarre sign of my husband’s affection, I have decided to bravely court death ( I have named him Death, because, you know, he kills people), and travel with my turret. As any lawn gnome...
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guest post: week one in the azores
As I have mentioned, my lovely friend Sam has been visiting my for the past couple weeks. While I have been continuing to document my daily happiness, she has, in turn, been documenting her daily...
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my love of a quiet island life…
Local village festivals are a beautifully quaint and genuine part of summer life on Terceira. I have seen flags, branches, flowers and quilts decorate roadside, fences, streets, balconies and...
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madrid day 2 (365 good days: #305)
Today was gorgeous. At times like these, I forget we are already in November (however, this can also get me into trouble, since I sometimes don’t wear socks, and then my feet get cold. It is November,...
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my quiet indignation–
I received this email from a group working to support an upcoming congressional candidate. Carly, We just went over our records and it looks like we haven’t received your 2013 contribution yet. We hate...
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i refuse to fear thirty–
I told myself years ago, I refused to fear turning thirty. When I was twenty-seven (much to the slight annoyance of my husband over the ongoing three years), I began mentally rounding my age up to...
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i’m thirty–
As I sit on the sofa this morning, drinking my warm coffee, with a little white dog nuzzled up next to me, falling asleep and I can’t help but feel content. The sunlight is streaming through the...
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