Favorite Posts:
January:
1) Borrowed Wings - the absolute terror, excitement and joy I felt all in the one instant of buying a plane ticket out of the country was incredible.
2) Gratitude - This post set into motion a year of giving thanks and is certainly worth sharing again.
February:
1) "Don't look up, it makes you look like a tourist" - "I hope everyday you allow yourself to be a tourist. Look up and open yourself up to life around you. Because, really, it's beautiful."
2) A Brief Comparison - A Cracker Comparison
3) Highlights from Valentine's Day 2013 at Hallmark - Hallmark is my life, obvi.
4) Packing and Postal Interaction - An open letter to anyone willing to listen.
March:
1) The Price of a Plane Ticket - Life works off an exchange system.
2) I Found This Today - A Sonnet on Approaching Italy by Oscar Wilde
April: (This was a good month)
1) Prague, Fish, Day, and the Czech Republic - My life was cray. Totes cray.
2) "I'm good with water and eat" - I like this. You should, too.
3) This is where I'm living next year! WWC - Correction: this is where I'm living this year.
4) Lightly, my darling - Do no harm
5) My Number One Goal - "...is to enjoy the easy pleasure of being a student."
6) Troublemaker - That's my middle name
May:
1) L'Elefante Felice - A Happy Elephant
2) Firenze - "We ate well and cheaply and drank well and cheaply and slept well and warm together and loved each other."
3) On Jet Lag - I made it back home!
June:
1) Sono contente - I am happy
2) Pretty Philadelphia: with a Goose and a Potato - siamo trasgre
3) How Not to Be Alone - "Most of the time, most people are not crying in public, but everyone is always in need of something that another person can give, be it undivided attention, a kind word or deep empathy. There is no better use of a life than to be attentive to such needs."
July:
1) Music, Blueberries, College, and the Zoo - I picked blueberries barefoot. That's what summertime means.
2) Therefore, I Must Be an Adult - Because John Green says so.
3) Favorites and Gratitude - Summer means watermelon and gratitude means rice krispie treats.
August: (I left for college!)
September:
1) Community - First post from the hippie Valley
2) Wilson, 4 Weeks of Pictures - Piglets, mountains, dryer sheets and my feet. 'Twas a hoot and a half.
3) 5 Reasons I Can't Wait for Fall - #6 Because Wilson is beautiful and leaves will always be fun!
October:
1) Girl Meets College - I think we're going to be together for a while
2) Mid-term Midweek Mash-up - Midterms are deadly.
November:
1) Permaculture and Sparkles - Permaculture is cool, but sparkles make it cooler.
2) Grow Your Love - the best way you know how
December:
1) This Thanksgiving... - "we took too many shots might have kissed but I forgot whoa--ah--oh" Wait, never mind. That was last Friday night and I'm not Katy Perry.
2) Letters From Home - To Whom it May Concern
I hope all of you had a great New Year's Eve and Day. As always thank you for reading!! I wish for you good food, laughter, many adventures, and a lot of love in 2014!
See you on the flip side,
xoxox