Emma Bolden

Crafting for Spinsters (And Their Cats): The Tea Tin Cactus Planter

In which Emma offers the second installment in her Crafting for Spinsters (And Their Cats) series.

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August 12, 2013

crafting, crafts, Crafts for Spinsters and Their Cats, Emma’s attempts at real life (failed or otherwise), fashion, Free to Be You and Me, gardening, housekeeping, I really did go to a school called Our Lady of Sorrows
“Home Is So Sad.”

In praise of a very good mailman, and in anti-praise of a very bad set of cabinets.

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August 6, 2013

All-around amazing people, Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions, bright shining spots in the very much dark, childhood ailments and other daily disasters, Circumstances, disagreeable/agreeable, Emma is very lucky, Emma’s attempts at normal life, Emma’s attempts at real life (failed or otherwise), gratitude, IRL Drama Llama, medical curiosities, Movin’ on, My meowing roommates, stalled, Statesboro, Thanks and thanks again, wonders and apparitions
Don’t Be Fooled By The Rocks That I Got.

Seriously. Jennifer Lopez really missed an opportunity when she didn’t make “Jenny from the Block” about geology.

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August 1, 2013

A festival of photos, Alice B. Toklas (feline version), awesome, Brief Updating, Gertrude Stein (feline version)
“Back in black / I hit the sack / I been too long / I’m glad to be back.”

In which Emma learns that if you put linebreaks in AC/DC lyrics they seem very important.

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July 31, 2013

2013 is the year of Awesome, accidental confessions, Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions, Another summer in a winter town, Art and life and love and The Big Stuff, Artist’s Renditions, bright shining spots in the very much dark, Circumstances, creative nonfiction, creative writing, disappearances, Doing, DUENDE, Emma hits a wall, Emma’s attempts at normal life, Emma’s attempts at real life (failed or otherwise), Errata, Fear and how to face it, INTENSE, Losing courage and other freakouts, My nerves are bad tonight. Yes bad., poems, poetry, Poetry as therapy, Shifting metaphors, the blank page, The Drama Llama, the heft of cathedral tunes, The only living boy in New York, thought for the day, what I don’t write about, where are you going where have you been, writing and not writing, writing life, writing space
Hobby Lobby (An Essay)

Listen, Hobby Lobby. You know how I feel about you. But you have GOT to stop trying to make the Thanksgiving Tree a thing. I mean, at this point, it’s just embarrassing.

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July 23, 2013

Brief Updating, crafting, crafts, creative nonfiction, disagreeable/agreeable, DIY, EPIC FAIL, festivity, Glitter (Mariah Carey version), gratuitous photos of whatnot, ill omens, instagram, INTENSE, no words, nonfiction, NOT COOL., Photo for the day, Photography, Pinterest, Poor decisions, The Horror The Horror

Crafting for Spinsters (And Their Cats): The Tea Tin Cactus Planter

“Home Is So Sad.”

Don’t Be Fooled By The Rocks That I Got.

“Back in black / I hit the sack / I been too long / I’m glad to be back.”

Hobby Lobby (An Essay)