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When Life Throws Lemons At Your Face, Smash Those Bastards Up And Make A Cocktail

In which Emma uses a curse word in the title of her blog entry, which will probably make her mother use her middle name. 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 linkage / A festival of photos / A teacher's education / Academia / Alice B. Toklas (feline version) / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / Another summer in a winter town / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / awesome / awesome kids we should all keep an eye out for / bad behavior in public places / classroom / creative writing pedagogy / disagreeable/agreeable / Double Rainbow / education / edumacation / Emma is very lucky / Emma's attempts at normal life / Emma's attempts at real life (failed or otherwise) / Epic Cat Battles / Epic Fail? EPIC WIN! / EPIC WIN / family / Family Traditions / flickr / Georgia / Going to eleven / gratuitous photos of whatnot / Happy accidents / hopes and dreams / housekeeping / inspiration / instagram / internet fads / It is ON 2012 / learning / learning patience slowly / lolcats / Milestones and suchness / multi-tasking / music / Mustachio'd Kitties / My meowing roommates / my students / Notebooks / pedagogy / Perspiration? Inspiration? / Photo for the day / Photography / random musings / Resolutions / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / revision / shameless cat photos / Squee! / summations / teaching / teaching writing / That Was The Week That Was / The Drama Llama / The evolution of Emma / The latest medical anomaly / The Summer of Lorrie Moore / toys / What Emma is up to / where are you going where have you been / wonders and apparitions / writing community / writing life / writing teachers

That Was The Week That Was: Week Twenty-Two

In which Emma transitions into summer vacation and explains how “vacation” is a misnomer. Continue reading »

2012 / 365 / A festival of linkage / A festival of photos / accidental confessions / Alice B. Toklas (feline version) / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / awesome / bad behavior in public places / Bets / books / disagreeable/agreeable / Double Rainbow / drafts / Emma's attempts at normal life / Emma's attempts at real life (failed or otherwise) / Epic Cat Battles / Fiction / fiction smiction / Fiction Superheroes / flickr / Friendship Is Magic / Georgia / Georgia Southern / Gertrude Stein (feline version) / Going to eleven / gratuitous photos of whatnot / Home / inspiration / instagram / internet fads / It is ON 2012 / kitteh / learning / living without linebreaks / Lorrie Moore / Macbeth doth murder sleep / memes / META / My meowing roommates / nonfiction / Photo for the day / Photography / reading / readings / Resolutions / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / revision / Squee! / The Summer of Lorrie Moore / The Year of Projects / What Emma is up to / wonders and apparitions / writing and not writing / writing life / writing room / writing space

That Was The Week That Was: Week Twenty One

In which Emma talks a little about how awesome tightrope walking is and then posts her photos for the week. Continue reading »