From the smell of his old hat wafting around me when the air stirs just right to the beep beep beep of my new alarm clock that sounds strangely like his. From the cold air on my face, tilted up to the sky, like nights out snowshoeing under a blanket of stars. To the squish… Continue reading Smells, Sights, and Sounds – My Grief
Author: Papermarked_hope
Gone A Year and a Half.
This year, the new year didn’t sting quite as bad. I’ll always wish you were here, but if there was ever a year to skip out before it was 2020. Seriously... it was fucking shit show rodeo. I can’t wait until the Orange Clown is ousted, Dad. You would’ve toast with me... though I think… Continue reading Gone A Year and a Half.
Adventures in Cooking: Day two and I already burnt the squash…
Day two menu: Roasted Cayenne and Cardamom Butternut Squash and a Spinach and Feta Ravioli with a Lemon Butter Sauce and chocolate piece for dessert. I felt like the lemon butter would go amazingly with the spinach ravioli, a fun contrast. It did, though I need to perfect the sauce, it needed some herb and… Continue reading Adventures in Cooking: Day two and I already burnt the squash…
Through Style I’ll … build a mood board and then some.
Maybe you heard of Polyvore. A site, then app used to make mood boards, collections, art, and more. I was a huge fan in middle and high school. I used it for art collages more than anything, but I had fun with the fashion side of it as well. So when I realized it was… Continue reading Through Style I’ll … build a mood board and then some.
‘Meantime Art’
Nick and I both really appreciate art... the art we appreciate is often very different from one another, but sometimes we find pieces that we both just completely fall for. The first piece like that we found last year in an art gallery on the coast. It was beautiful painting of a girl with a… Continue reading ‘Meantime Art’
Losing Myself to Balance
Life is such a strange game of give and take, push and pull. I find myself feeling a bit lost in my own perfect balance the last week. Something I think has happened before but I don’t know if I’ve ever had the words for it before. Ultimately it means that perfect balance isn’t quite… Continue reading Losing Myself to Balance
A shout into the void
While I have no doubt there are people out there who will one day read a bit of this or that. I have no doubt that somehow each thing I write and fling into the blogosphere will be read by at least one pair of eyes... I do wonder, will it ever make a difference?… Continue reading A shout into the void
Adventures in Cooking: My Recipe Box
Almost 2 years ago now, I started my recipe box. It was out of a desire to feel closer to home after moving so far away... and trying to work on finding things I liked to cook. So far, it’s got very little in it. I was working on it once a month, until my… Continue reading Adventures in Cooking: My Recipe Box
Master Class: Style with Tan France
The holidays, quarantine, and coming into another new year of uncertainty and extra weirdness. I was thinking about how I wanted to carry over lessons I’ve learned this year and improve. And while for the most part I abstain from conventional resolutions... Learning new things, being more intentional about how I learn, and creating a… Continue reading Master Class: Style with Tan France
Adventures in Cooking: Thoughtful cooking and Day one
As mentioned in my first post, this adventure started for a few reasons... wanting a better relationship with food, wanting to cook more, also to help split the work load with my partner, and to work on my own health by taking control of my food a bit more. Nick has always done most, if… Continue reading Adventures in Cooking: Thoughtful cooking and Day one
Coffee & Conundrums 