Growing up in the soggy, green Northwest, you learn to yearn for two things....sunshine, of course, but also the rain.  After weeks of dry weather, which I don't mind in the least, and an explosion of wildfires, I have spent the last month wishing and hoping for rain.  Just a little.  Just to bring down the smoke, dampen

This coming week, I'll be entering my 4th week of school at the Oregon College of Art and Craft in Portland, Oregon.  I've been here before, but this time it's different.  I find that people are nicer, more open to making friends, less clique-y.  It's most likely because the last time I started this process, I came into

Just as things began heating up in the Pacific Northwest, the fires came.   Not just one or two, but many.   The smoke surrounds our fair city, blanketing the sky in gold, orange, and purples each night at sunset.  Knowing that these fires are raging to the South and East of us (and a few in Washington, too!), I

Ten years ago, I was about to go to bed in Sydney, Australia when my (then) boyfriend's phone beeped.  The message said "Turn on the TV, watch WWIII".  We thought it was quite a strange message, and it was quite late already, but we went and turned on the TV anyway.   We sat entranced as we saw the

I have a favorite tea that I like to make on my weekend mornings, when things are a bit more relaxed and I have time to enjoy it.  What is it?  A Matcha Green Tea Latte.  I discovered it while house/dog sitting over the summer and absolutely fell in love.  Matcha is a powdered form of green tea,