MISSING MORE THAN JUST THE OREGON COAST

"I was happy in those first days as really I'd never been before, 

roaming like a sleepwalker, stunned and drunk with beauty." 

- donna tartt 

 missing the little bro
khai age 9 // beach camping summer 2012

IDAHO SURPRISE

"In the long run we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving."    - sheldon kopp  

the weekend before moving to school -- roadtrip to idaho
went with bestfriends to surprise a bestfriend 6 hrs. away
as much as I like to travel, home is where my family + greatest friends thrive.
but somehow I don't quite feel the same with my new home in college here yet

xoxo

PARIS + MADRID = BEST MAIL SURPRISES EVER

 "the eternity behind him throbbed through him in a mighty 
rhythm to which he swayed as the tides and seasons swayed."

- jack london from call of the wild

 postcards from besties living the summer life in france and spain.
love surprises in the mail like no other. and I do mean that. I LOVE SURPRISES IN THE MAIL.

xxxx
anna

HOW BERRY DELICIOUS

 "there is a great difference between worry and concern. a worried person 

sees a problem, and a concerned person solves a problem"

- harold stephens (author / travel books)

today I realized I will always truly be a "concerned person" and it feels great

 (on the left: mom / on the right: me)

u-pick with my mom and I + brother. summer's ending, and we all knew we should have 

saved more blueberries in the freezer. why're frozen blueberries so delicious? xo, anna

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEX TABOR

 "one can think effectively only when one is willing to 
endure suspense and to undergo the trouble of searching"

- john dewey (american philosopher / educational reformer)

at elmer's for brunch with a good friend of mine I dearly miss...

look how old I am and losing/gaining friends is still such a strange process to me. america, your education system sucks

xo

anna

GROWING ATTCHED TO THE OCEAN

"if human beings possessed endless possibilities, then cities contained exponential hopes."
- "the search engine" from 10 little indians

(beach camping with brother)

back to my solemn self and ready for some good change.
also back from moscow, id and know more than ever: appreciate the city life
+  I swear my heart is growing attached to the ocean

salt & water. sweat. tears. & ocean. all of it

xo anna

VERY RUMBLE OF JOY ITSELF

"accept the challenges, so you feel the exhilaration of victory."

-general george patton

(u.s. army officer best known for his leadership in WW2 and for his controversial outspokenness)

galvanize verb gal-ve-nigh-ze
def: 1. to react as if stimulated by an electric shock
2. to stimulate on excite as if by an electric shock
ex: Abortion is an issue that will galvanize public opinion.

your laugh

your laugh
everybody knows it
the kids in the park run up to us
and ask to hear it

part cackle
part typewriter

it even makes
you laugh.

you do it
for the runaway shake
for the drumbeat in your belly
for no reason at all.

it is not a consequence of joy
it is the very rumble
of joy itself.

1. 1960's new york skating... I love love love life mag photos2. cant really skate..yet if i were to ever rebuild a board (watch video above)... politely borrowed from driftwood collective
3. photo source: life archives via interweb3000
4. song: can we really party today (acoustic version) by jonathan wilson
xo, anna