Loving and living this life in Seattle
one of the hardest parts of living in seattle is being so far away from my best friends. we meet in college many years ago and have been inseparable since. i mean, we are thick as thieves. and even though we don’t live in the same place, we talk on conference call every wednesday. the …
one of the cool things about living in the pacific northwest is the abundant beauty. you hear me talk about the mountains and the water but you probably never heard me mention the flowers and the rainforest and the waterfalls and the vineyards. this past weekend i ventured north an hour to experience the beauty …
people are always asking me what we do when it’s so rainy outside. i seriously think people think the entire city shuts down when the rainy season starts. for us, the rainy season lasts pretty much october to may but who’s keeping track? we get it. you all think it rains all the time in …
the sun made a stellar appearance this past saturday and being winter — and the season of no sun — seattlites went crazy! i personally headed over to green lake to snap some pictures, get in some nature-inspired reflection and mediation and of course walk the trail for a little exercise. as to be expected …
i fancy myself an artist of sorts. i paint and attempt to draw and make crafty things whenever i feel too stressed to think. art is a release for me in another way that dancing and writing are. i’ve never considered myself particularly talented in visual art but that hasn’t stopped me from buying canvases …
you guys know how much i love me some food. foodie? absolutely. i don’t use clever words to describe food but i don’t really have to. my name is nourisha. i was destined to love food. end of story! and so this post is about food. after a night of drinking and dancing and general …
i did not make this list. i cannot take credit for it. i am consciously deciding to live by it for the next 12 months. i am a creator of things – stories, art, dance, crafts and randomness.
i like words. a lot. i went to school to be a writer. i have five blogs and i update them fairly regularly. i play words with friends before going to bed. i play scrabble by myself and of course with friends. i make up words. i decorate with words. i collect words. i get …
okay i’ve been thinking about this for a bit and decided i should go ahead and put together a post about my plans for 2012. it’s not a list of resolutions or goals or anything like that. i just thought of a few things i believe will help me to be my best in 2012. …
aw, the start of a new year always brings the promise of great things to come. and who doesn’t want great things to come? most people make new years resolutions and vow to achieve goals that have gone unachieved year after year. but this year could be the year. this year could be different! i …