A Perfect End to the Week!

Skipping out early to enjoy some beers with my REAL big sister and my SORORITY big sister.

I love you White Horse Tavern.

I smell a montage of 'Things I'll Miss Most about New York' posts in the near future.

Followed by, 'Things I'll really Miss about New England.'

For now though, "beer me!"

Happy sunshine on your shoulders weekend friends!

xox

Cute Animal Friday

Yep. Yep, it is a slow Friday.
xo

images found on cuteoverload  and daily puppy

Ice Cream Makes Everything Better

Oh gosh.
This finding an apartment stuff?
I'm feeling a bit flummoxed.
A bit be twitched and a bit between.
I know what makes that better.
Ice cream.


When my sister and I were little, my dad would take us to Carvel on Wednesday nights. 
We'd get our sundaes (sometimes an occasional brown bonnet) and he'd open the trunk of the car for us to sit and dangle our legs as we ate our ice cream.


and for me,
there was nothing sweeter than
hazy summer nights
sitting in the open air
with my sisters
our long legs and sneakered feet hanging off the edge of the car
as we scooped up our ice cream and hot fudge

I think...
I think my family might be having a hard time with my looming move.
We're not so good when it comes to change.
I'm the least flexible when it comes to adjustments actually.
And,

I've been so caught up in the excitement of a new job and a new city, that I didn't fully consider or digest how everyone else might be feeling.
Sheesh, thinking about that gives me very heavy boots.
For now though, I think I'll just continue to eat some ice cream?

I'm pretty sure, it's going to make us all
very
better.
xo

a nod to e.e. cummings

is there anything more lovely than e.e. cummings?

nope! in fact i am posting my post preface in all lower case letters as a nod to e.e.

so sweet and simple. i find this poem so comforting.

xo

image from 3191 miles apart

maggie and milly and molly and may
went down to the beach (to play one day)

and maggie discovered a shell that sang

so sweetly she couldn’t remember her troubles,and

milly befriended a stranded star

whose rays five languid fingers were;

and molly was chased by a horrible thing

which raced sideways while blowing bubbles:and

may came home with a smooth round stone

as small as a world and as large as alone.

For whatever we lose(like a you or a me)

it’s always ourselves we find in the sea

Big Adventures Ahead!

Well... it's been a long few months since I started exploring options for big adventures!

I put my feelers out there and looked into a couple of different things.

Some felt good, but not...

right.

I can't explain it really.

Getting accepted to graduate school was such a confidence booster, I must say.

The days I opened up the letters?

Those days will be etched in my memory and counted among the highest of personal accomplishments.

Truly.

I took some time to figure things out.

courtesy of Brock Street

I vetted options.

Sometimes it was difficult.

Other times it felt mad and exciting and exhausting and mysterious.

Discovering what I wanted... I mean really getting there,

 down to the core...

That's the good stuff.

The hard stuff.

But I was patient and I waited.

(sometimes quietly, other times not so quietly or graciously at all)

as the world unfolded

and opened up its arms....

to me.

courtesy of A cup of Jo

Oh, hello San Francisco.

I think I'll like it there.

XOX

Fairfield County Summer of 1948-49

Holy smokes.

I just came across the silliest post on A Continuous Lean.

Hailing from the great County of Fairfield, I am particularly tickled by these photos from LIFE magazine.

Oh gosh, it's true isn't it? Young co-eds in the 40's just oozed glamour and glitz. 

Was I supposed to have been born 30 years earlier?

I was just invited to head out on my friend's boat this weekend. We'll be cruising the SAME water as the folks in the photos.

Ah, The Sound.

Something tells me, my day out on the water is going to play out a bit differently though. I think our trip will involve a few more beer cans-and sadly- a woman in a long black gown will most likely not be making an appearance.

Happy Weekend Friends!

xo

Earth Hug

Creatures big and small

tallest of trees

rivers and oceans

mountains, quarries, forests

and sky so bright

thank you for letting us enjoy you

Just like I told my little sister a couple years ago,

Wouldn't it be nice if we could all hug a saguaro?

I love you, Mother Earth

Happy Day

xo