Category: Emma’s attempts at normal life

• Dear Mr. Coffee

  Dear Mr. Coffee, I have, yet again, felt the terror of your hatred and disdain. At this point, it’s all too clear: we have grown apart, and so have our wants and needs. It’s over, Mr. Coffee. I wish you the best. And no, we cannot be friends. Good luck with your future endeavors at […]

  emmabolden

  March 21, 2013

  A brief break from the poetry, announcements, Chchchchanges, COLLECT!, disagreeable/agreeable, disappearances, Emma’s attempts at normal life, Emma’s attempts at real life (failed or otherwise), EPIC FAIL, failed or otherwise, Failure Schmailure, Fight the power!, grief, ill omens, it is ON., Letters to Inanimate Objects, love, Movin’ on, NOT COOL., Photo for the day, pictorial representations, rejection, relationships, So long, Stationary Objects and Collisions Therewith, visual representations, [expletive deleted]

  Letters to inanimate objects, love, over, relationships

• Sometimes things are exciting …

  In which Emma talks about some Seriously Exciting Things and gives so many links your head may explode with all the awesome.

  emmabolden

  March 3, 2013

  2013 is the year of Awesome, A festival of linkage, A festival of photos, A teacher’s education, Academia, Academic inquiries, accidental confessions, All-around amazing people, Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions, announcements, appearances, Art and life and love and The Big Stuff, awesome, awesome kids we should all keep an eye out for, awesome presses, AWP, AWP 2013, AWP Boston, bad behavior in public places, Bad girls and good girls gone bad, Bizarre associations and other odd tendencies, book signings, books, bright shining spots in the very much dark, chapbooks, COLLECT!, contemporary poetry, Cue the Golden Girls theme song, Department of Writing and Linguistics, education, edumacation, Emily Dickinson = The Ultimate, Emma is very lucky, Emma’s attempts at normal life, Emma’s attempts at real life (failed or otherwise), Emma’s theories on what makes for Very Good Poetry, EPIC WIN, events, Fan Girl, Free to Be You and Me, Georgia Southern, Going to eleven, gratitude, Indian Springs School Visiting Writers Series, Inquiries into academics, inspiration, instagram, Internet culture, IRL Drama Llama, it is ON., Kate Greenstreet, learning, my students, One Can Find Me Here (Or At Least My Words), Online culture, Pass it on!, plans, poems, poetry, Poetry Rock Stars, poetry superheroes, poets, reading, readings, Sarah Lawrence College, schedules, shameless self-promotion, Sicilian slang, Squee!, teaching, teaching writing, The latest medical anomaly, The Witch Trials, Very Excellent News, What Emma is up to, where are you going where have you been, Where You Can Find Me (Or At Least My Words), wonders and apparitions, writers conferences, writing community, writing life, writing teachers, You better work, You gotta have friends

• 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.

  emmabolden

  February 13, 2013

  A manifesto of sorts, A teacher’s education, accidental confessions, Art and life and love and The Big Stuff, Bizarre associations and other odd tendencies, books, bright shining spots in the very much dark, COLLECT!, color-coding, cool/not cool, Corrections, crafting, crafts, disagreeable/agreeable, disappearances, Double Rainbow, DUENDE, Emma hits a wall, 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 WIN!, evaluations, extended metaphors, failed or otherwise, Failure Schmailure, Fear and how to face it, Gertrude Stein (human version), Going to eleven, gratuitous photos of whatnot, housekeeping, INTENSE, IRL Drama Llama, kidney stones, learning patience slowly, medical curiosities, My meowing roommates, My nerves are bad tonight. Yes bad., nonappearances, Notes to Gentle Reader, odd comparisons and awkward metaphors, organization, perfection is boring. period., Perspiration? Inspiration?, pictorial representations, plans, Probably quite a bit TMI, Quilting, Recharging the mental batteries, Sew what, shameless cat photos, stalled, The Drama Llama, The evolution of Emma, The latest medical anomaly, The siege in the room, visual representations, What Emma is up to, writing room, [expletive deleted]

• 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.

  emmabolden

  December 14, 2012

  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