Happy holidays, ya’ll. Here’s hoping there’s loved ones nearby to squeeze, cookies aplenty, and a few quiet moments to reflect on your own heap of blessings. And for those of you who celebrate it, Merry Christmas from me and mine to you and yours. Shelley x
It has been 12 days since I left my job and since then I’ve been feeling very much in a state of flux. Everything is the same and yet, radically different. All things are possible and yet, everything seems frozen. Under snow and holidays and yes, some measure of fear, I’ll admit. I guess this [...]
I’m here. I’m alive. I’ve just been busy. You know how ending one of the most major chapters of your life will do that to you. Friday was my last day at work. My last day at the best job experience I’ve ever had in my life. My last day working for one of the [...]
Today my Etsy travels took me to the world of handmade letterpress calendars and hoo-boy-lemme-tell-ya, there are some beauties out there. I personally think a beautiful calendar is a great holiday gift. It’s the perfect blend of art and function and there’s definitely one for every style. {2010 Letterpress Desktop Calendar by Kirtland House, $22} [...]
While we were home at Thanksgiving, my parents loaded us up with lots of stuff to drive back up to Boston, including this – the fake Christmas tree we’ve had since I was kid (they’ve been getting a real tree for the past few years). Having no ornaments, I strung it up with white lights [...]
I woke up this morning to an email from my uncle who lives in New Orleans with a photo of an oyster po-boy from the absolute best po-boy shop in the world (that I know of anyways) (Bobby’s in Harahan), which I’m pretty sure constitutes cruelty to family members and is punishable by law at [...]
As I wind down here at my current job, it’s been interesting to see people’s reactions when I tell them I’m leaving and why. I’ve gotten lots of blank stares and polite nods, which was to be expected. And granted, I haven’t done the best job articulating this whole transition in under this many words. [...]
