Favorite from Tokyo
My two day layover in Tokyo, Japan sucked. Not that Tokyo sucked, no, it was amazing, but seriously? A two day layover. Nothing felt right after spending that night bench-ridden and sad, if you know...
View ArticleThis is a sign.
This is a sign to do that thing you’ve told yourself to do for the past couple of weeks, months, years. Remember? That thing? That thing that you’ve been putting off just because it needed a little...
View ArticleI’ve lost my mind.
I’ve literally lost my mind. I don’t know where it is. I don’t know where to go to find it. I don’t know what it’s trying to accomplish by deserting me. What betrayal. As we grow older, people tell us...
View ArticleMemories for the future.
If you’re anything like me, you’re forgetful, which seems to matter most at times of reminiscing. When a neglected memory is accidentally stumbled upon in the dusty crevices of your mind and brushed...
View ArticleWinter is coming.
Take cover, the snow is pouring. I took the time last week to visit my backyard before our final goodbye. Vines are the most beautiful. Living in the midwest, winter’s now just kind of tolerated. We...
View ArticleA Graze Box
Look what I found in the mail! I love mail so much I think it’s a problem. Is that why I always feel the urge to shop online? Is that why Amazon is my best friend? I get new stuff, feel happy for about...
View ArticleMy 2015 HOBONICHI TECHO
The Breakdown I received my “Hobonichi Techo 2015″ a week or two ago and let me tell ya’, I’ve been picking it up and ruffling through it every day. It’s just so beautiful! For those that don’t know,...
View ArticleSelf Destruction
What to do, what to do? Have you ever been stuck in a rut? A time in your life when things are supposed to be going one direction, but they’re really going in twelve? A tricky time, isn’t it? I’m...
View ArticleRoomy
My room is usually a bit more cluttered than I would like. I’m a hoarder~ It’s hard to let go of things that are bounded to memories, and it’s especially difficult if they’re still in good shape. So...
View ArticleFood Catch-Up
I’ve been eating quite a lot of different foods this week, kind of just experimenting with items I wouldn’t normally eat, and boy has it been a treat. My ultimate favorite is buying a loaf of bread,...
View Articlehits the heart.
“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.” -Leonardo da Vinci
View ArticleMarking Books
I may have found the cutest bookmarks ever!! These Sailor Moon ones couldn’t have been more perfect, as Sailor Moon Crystal is in the middle of airing and I am in complete love with it. Also! Studio...
View ArticleBook Haul & TBR
A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray Angelfall by Susan Ee It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini Jackaby by William Ritter A Little Something Different by Sandy Hall A Tale for the Time Being...
View ArticleChocolate.
I just absolutely love this Chuao Firecracker. So good that I’m probably going to buy a variety pack for Christmas. Yum~
View ArticleCute Babies
*Note: finals are coming up, which means I will soon be dead and gone. Stay golden. My Thanksgiving was a flurry of small children, cold food, and chips. It was great. I took a couple of photos. Here...
View ArticleA Christmas Gathering
What was last week? That’s right, finals week. Oh those two words have tortured me day and night. They sucked everything good out of me, and by the end, I was a dry, empty carcass. And what do we do...
View ArticleTo December
I often wonder what my life would be like if I was left lost wandering this world alone. I am fortunate to have found such a selfless partner, a person who possesses half of me and me half of him....
View ArticleBare Pages
As 2014 exits, I’m struck with a flurry of thoughts. A new year has always been a concept of hope. It’s believed that once the clock strikes twelve, gaping wounds will be slathered with glue, blood red...
View ArticleNook
With the hectics of life, everyone needs a happy place to retreat to once in a while. For me when I was young, it was my bedroom. I would hide away and enjoy it so much that I was never sent to it...
View ArticleThe Self
There’s a quote by Jim Morrison that I love. It goes like this: “That’s what real love amounts to – letting a person be what he really is. Most people love you for who you pretend to be. To keep their...
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