2012 / 365 / A festival of photos / bad behavior in public places / Barbecue / Creative Writing and the Web / Emma is very lucky / Emma miraculously survives another holiday / Emma's Adventures in Over-Analyzing / Facebook memes / failed or otherwise / Family Traditions / fashion / festivity / Film / flickr / Free to Be You and Me / Friendship Is Magic / gratuitous photos of whatnot / Home / hopes and dreams / instagram / Internet culture / internet fads / IRL Drama Llama / It is ON 2012 / It's the end of the world as we know it / memes / New Fangled Technology and Whatnot / New Years / Photo for the day / Photography / Pretty glimpses / Resolutions / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / Scenes from my childhood / That Was The Week That Was / The evolution of Emma / The Year of Projects / What Emma is up to / Where I Often Travel / Who The Eff Cares? / wonders and apparitions

That Was The Week That Was: Week Forty-Eight

In which Emma somehow manages to provide spoilers for her own damn blog. Continue reading »

2012 / A manifesto of sorts / A teacher's education / accidental confessions / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / appearances / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / bad behavior in public places / bright shining spots in the very much dark / COLLECT! / Corrections / creative nonfiction / disagreeable/agreeable / disappearances / DUENDE / Emily Dickinson = The Ultimate / Emma is very lucky / Emma miraculously survives another holiday / Emma's Adventures in Over-Analyzing / Emma's attempts at normal life / Emma's attempts at real life (failed or otherwise) / Emma's dsyfunctional relationship with Diet Coke / Epic Cat Battles / EPIC FAIL / Epic Fail? EPIC WIN! / EPIC WIN / Errata / evaluations / extended metaphors / Facebook / Facebook memes / failed or otherwise / Failure Schmailure / gratitude / grief / hopes and dreams / How Emily Dickinson changed (saved?) my life / Internet culture / IRL Drama Llama / It is ON 2012 / It's the end of the world as we know it / Jellyfish / kitteh / learning / learning patience slowly / love / love poems / memes / Milestones and suchness / MLP / Movin' on / mullings and ramblings / My Little Pony / My meowing roommates / New Fangled Technology and Whatnot / nonappearances / nonfiction / Notebooks / Online culture / overthinking / perfection is boring. period. / poetry / random musings / ranting and raving / relationships / Resolutions / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / revision / Shifting metaphors / sins of commission and omission / summations / The evolution of Emma / The Great Kidney Stone Battle Royale of 2012 / the heft of cathedral tunes / The Year of Projects / thought for the day / Transparency / What Emma is up to / where are you going where have you been / wonders and apparitions

2012: The Year of Living Transparently (Part Two)

In which Emma wraps up her two-part year-in-review post and puts 2012, finally, to bed. Also there’s some important information about cats and hair accessories here. Continue reading »

2012 / 365 / A manifesto of sorts / A teacher's education / Academia / Academic inquiries / accidental confessions / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / appearances / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / Artist's Renditions / bad behavior in public places / bright shining spots in the very much dark / Chchchchanges / COLLECT! / cool/not cool / Corrections / creative nonfiction / De-Facebooking / definitions / disagreeable/agreeable / disappearances / DUENDE / education / edumacation / Emma is very lucky / Emma miraculously survives another holiday / Emma's Adventures in Over-Analyzing / Emma's attempts at normal life / Emma's attempts at real life (failed or otherwise) / Emma's dsyfunctional relationship with Diet Coke / EPIC FAIL / Epic Fail? EPIC WIN! / EPIC WIN / Errata / evaluations / extended metaphors / Facebook / Facebook memes / failed or otherwise / Failure Schmailure / False Dichotomies / How the iPhone changed my life / instagram / Internet culture / internet fads / IRL Drama Llama / It is ON 2012 / It's the end of the world as we know it / Live-Tweeting / memes / mullings and ramblings / multi-tasking / my students / New Fangled Technology and Whatnot / random musings / ranting and raving / re-purposing / Resolutions / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / revision / summations / The evolution of Emma / The Year of Projects / Transparency / what I don't write about / where are you going where have you been / Where I Often Travel / Where You Can Find Me (Or At Least My Words) / wonders and apparitions / writing and not writing

2012: The Year of Living Transparently (PART ONE)

In which Emma offers the first part of her two-part year-end wrap up. Also there’s probably a metaphor in here that goes on for way too long. Continue reading »

2012 / 365 / A festival of photos / Alice B. Toklas (feline version) / flickr / Gertrude Stein (feline version) / instagram / It is ON 2012 / It's the end of the world as we know it / kitteh / My meowing roommates / Photo for the day / Photography / Resolutions / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / shameless cat photos / That Was The Week That Was

That Was The Week That Was: Week Forty-Seven

In which Emma posts a lot of cat photos, even for Emma. Continue reading »

2012 / accidental confessions / announcements / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / awesome / awesome presses / books / bright shining spots in the very much dark / contemporary poetry / drafts / Emma is very lucky / EPIC WIN / Facebook memes / Fear and how to face it / Future husbands / GenPop Books / hopes and dreams / influences / inspiration / It is ON 2012 / Josh Groban / Malificae / memes / Milestones and suchness / My Future Husband Josh Groban / On being a poet / On the book and putting it together / One Can Find Me Here (Or At Least My Words) / poems / poetry / poets / publishing / publishing (or not publishing / q & a / questions and their answers / revision / shameless self-promotion / Squee! / Thanks and thanks again / The siege in the room / The Witch Trials / witches in stitches / wonders and apparitions / writing life

Malificae, Or Why Josh Groban Should Probably Marry Me.

In which Emma makes a Very Major Announcement and once again declares her love for Josh Groban. Continue reading »

2012 / 365 / A festival of photos / Alice B. Toklas (feline version) / Photo for the day / Photography / Retrospectitating / Retrospective

That Was The Week That Was: Week Forty-Six

I’ve struggled with whether or not to post a weekly photograph post this week, just because it’s been a week of so, so very many griefs, personal and national, private and public.  It’s been a week of far, far too many people, too many good and talented and hopeful people, gone. Just suddenly gone. And … Continue reading »

2012 / A brief break from the poetry / A festival of photos / awesome / books / crafting / crafts / DIY / Double Rainbow / Emma marvels at the wonder that is winter / Emma miraculously survives another holiday / Emma's attempts at normal life / Emma's attempts at real life (failed or otherwise) / EPIC WIN / family / Family Traditions / festivity / Glitter (pretty version) / Going to eleven / Google / inspiration / Instructions / INTENSE / It is ON 2012 / Jack Gilbert / My meowing roommates / overthinking / Pinterest / re-purposing / requests / Squee! / The Year of Projects / toys / velociraptors / visual representations

How to Make a Mason Jar Snow Globe: An Obsessively Step-By-Step Guide to Obsessive Crafting

In which Emma offers a festive holiday craft tutorial. Continue reading »

2012 / 365 / A festival of photos / A teacher's education / Academia / Alice B. Toklas (feline version) / awesome / classroom / crafting / crafts / creative writing pedagogy / DIY / education / edumacation / Emma is very lucky / Emma's attempts at normal life / eyebrows / flickr / Georgia Southern / Gertrude Stein (feline version) / Glitter (pretty version) / gratuitous photos of whatnot / hopes and dreams / housekeeping / inspiration / instagram / IRL Drama Llama / It is ON 2012 / It's the end of the world as we know it / kitteh / learning / learning patience slowly / multi-tasking / Mustachio'd Kitties / My meowing roommates / My nerves are bad tonight. Yes bad. / pedagogy / perfection is boring. period. / Perspiration? Inspiration? / Photo for the day / Photography / Pinterest / Resolutions / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / shameless cat photos / Squee! / teaching / teaching writing / Thanks and thanks again / That Was The Week That Was / What Emma is up to / wonders and apparitions / writing teachers

That Was The Week That Was: Week Forty-Five

In which Emma gets all festive and glittery. Continue reading »