Progress isn’t linear, life rewards risk-takers, discomfort is growth, and other things I tell myself to get through a hard time.
Category Archives: Writing
Year in Review: 2024
This year I deepened my relationship to music (I’m a lyrics gal) and worked toward crafting a lush and creative life.
The Necklace
The story of a boy who delivered to me a mysterious necklace in Algeria comes up during a trip to Costa Rica in an unexplainable coincidence.
Year in Review: 2023
In my worst year ever, I found creative inspiration everywhere I looked.
Marfa, Texas: A City or Art?
A few weeks ago, one of my best friends, Hana, invited me on a Texas yoga retreat with her and although the thought of traveling at the time seemed nearly impossible, I figured future Emily would be slightly less sad and perhaps more enthusiastic about a trip. And it was a good calculation because althoughContinue reading “Marfa, Texas: A City or Art?”
The Joys of Moving
In my last blog post, I said our Princeton to DC move was our most pleasant yet but that was before we’d actually arrived and had all of our possessions delivered to DC. Let the record show: Moving is never pleasant, even when it’s just a few hundred miles away rather than the thousands ofContinue reading “The Joys of Moving”
Reconnecting With America
After catching up with family and friends in Michigan, Denver, and Montana, I’m back in Princeton, trying to find my groove. A literary lecture helps.
Best of 2019
My husband, inspired by Benjamin Franklin, tracks metrics about his life performance. Everyday, he records whether or not he accomplished certain goals, like drinking fewer than x number of alcoholic drinks, exercising, meditating, and much, much more. He’s been tracking all this DAILY for more than a decade. I’m much less of a tracker. MostlyContinue reading “Best of 2019”
Notre Dame, Mark Twain, and How Old Buildings Connect Us
I’ve been reading Mark Twain’s Innocents Abroad which is a travelogue that recounts a grand voyage by sea and land that Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain embarked upon with some super rich Americans in 1868. The writing is wonderful and Mark Twain is an absolute hoot. I’ve laughed out loud on almost every page. And, as you mightContinue reading “Notre Dame, Mark Twain, and How Old Buildings Connect Us”
Do I Need to be Locked in a Book-Filled Glass Cage in Order to Write?
(Warning: Major spoilers below for the television show You). In the Netflix show “You” an obsessive serial killer boyfriend locks his procrastinating writer girlfriend in a glass cage located in the the basement of a quaint New York City bookshop. He has to keep her prisoner there because she discovered all his murderous deeds,Continue reading “Do I Need to be Locked in a Book-Filled Glass Cage in Order to Write?”