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One month from now is now one week from now. Oh, Pacific Northwest.  Save me from today’s forecast. I thought that maybe – maybe – my second Nashville summer might feel a bit more manageable than my first.  But to be frank, it’s hellacious.  I feel angry all the time. I DO enjoy the fireflies,…

Well. What now? What if life isn’t a checklist? What if it’s more about (as AnnieBlogs says) the process? What if it’s more about (as, um, Miley Cyrus says) the climb? I don’t quite know where to go from here.

Behold, the return of the deadbeat blogger! I mean, seriously.  It’s embarrassing.  I have been like an unfit mother – one who leaves her kids in the car while she hits up the Safeway for PBR and tampons.  I have abandoned this blog in the parking lot for far too many days – and in…

The blog is sleeping.

Today is the day.  TV has switched to digital. I still have not bought a converter box.  I knew that I wouldn’t get any channels this morning – not that I cared about anything more than “Good Morning America” (“The Today Show” will never compare); still, I flipped on the TV just to see what…

It’s amazing how quickly I, an alleged full-grown woman, can revert back to feeling like I did with other girls in elementary school: insecure, timid, and small.  Recently, a moment leapt out of nowhere and grabbed me by the throat, reducing me to those irrepressible tears that leave me shaky and sick to my stomach…

Here at the Emma shop, some serious gems get forwarded along; after all, email IS our native tongue.  As I am 1) a fan of the internet, and 2) feeling completely unoriginal 2) a giver, I thought I would pass along some of my favorites. Brought to you by my co-workers: 1)    The world’s most…

You want to know what the lamest thing to spend money on is?  A vacuum cleaner.  I am currently researching the suckers, and it’s even less exciting than spending money on a beige bra. Speaking of annoying purchases, I don’t think that dryer sheets make any difference.  They are a scam – a dishonest scheme…

Music is never going to pay my bills – and I have no expectation that it should.  So why is it important that I dedicate any time, energy, or effort to it? Because I believe that we simply must do what we love. But in the last 6 months, I’ve really stopped pursuing musical endeavors. …

I had a thought.  It’s not much, and I don’t even know why I’m feeling it acutely these days, but here it is. It bothers me when people use their singleness as an excuse for continued adolescence. I don’t want to use my singleness as an excuse for continued adolescence. That’s all.