the winner.

the winner according to random.org is jessica! thank you guys who participated.

announcement and giveaway.

in honor of my graduation, and really just to bring in extra money, since iโ€™m now a poor college graduate (or will be as of friday morning), i am excited to announce that i opened an etsy shop! right now, i have 8 photographs up, but i figure once i get the new camera (eek!)…

choosing community.

only i could feel overwhelmed after completing my college career. now in a state of perpetual freedom, i find myself looking for what i need to do. i have been finished for 5 hours now, but my mind is still running off of the fumes of academic achievement. itโ€™s strange because i donโ€™t really feel…

please, no.

iโ€™m feeling extremely anxious about my upcoming transition. an entire transitional phase, as it were. i am home here. with almost all things just the way they are. my habitat. my community. my studies.

the importance of everyday beauty.

let us not forget that our lives are made up of mostly the everyday. everyday joys, everyday trials, everyday failures, everyday triumphs. as a friend put it last night, our lives are not โ€œdoneโ€ once we reach a certain point. and it is not only the major events that matter. for, who we are is…