Communication Breakdown

   The first thing I do when I am abroad is find a nearby post office. I love sending post cards to family and friends!

   Sure, an e-mail and/ or a phone call may be more efficient, but when you receive a handwritten letter…or take the time to get out your pen and paper of choice, everything communicated suddenly becomes more special, whimsical.

   Kind of like when you read a great book then you are disappointed with the movie, you or your reader can use their own imagination and translate their own enthusiasm into your letter.

Being my first night in Israel, I have not yet had the chance to go post-card shopping. I received a letter the day before I left the states, so I will start off my mailing extravaganza with a reply to an awesome guy I met about a year ago who has been my penpal every since!

  You don’t have to travel to send postcards!

   It was just in typing this that I realized I don’t send letters to anyone other than my penpal when I am home, but you can bet I will start as soon as I set foot back in the USA. Get started now!

1) Pick out cute stationary, my favorites are linked below:
Cherry Blossom // Long Distance // Faux Bois

2) Gather addresses and birthdays of your friends and family.

3) Light a candle, put on a record, and let it flow!

B//dirtyragged

 

^on our playlist: "I Know Places" by Lykke Li

Pre-Israel: 4 weeks

a n x i o u s :: n e r v o u s :: e x c i t e d

it is pretty amazing to live out
your dreams...on your own

it is pretty rare to find someone to
live out your dreams...with

so far, i am 2 for 2

i'll keep ya posted.

B//dirtyragged

e x c i t e d :: n e r v o u s :: a n x i o u s

^on our playlist: "Sweet Thing" by Van Morrison

Things yet to come

On the subject of the unknown the world is divided into two camps, those who don’t know and those who would rather not know.
And while the latter would prefer to get their dose of life through the window of a television, there are those who would sail ships, conquer mountains and tame the skies.
So where does that leave us? It leaves us in the beginning, point A if you will, about to embark on our voyage, set sail to the unknown.
And what is point A you ask?
Well, we had just bought shoes.


And now- An ode to my new hiking shoes:

I don’t know what I’ll do
With my new hiking shoe,
I don’t know what I’d do without it!
Will I run down a hill?
In a scared high pitched squeal?
I just know I’m very excited!

E//dirtyragged