Out of the Office

It'll be quiet around this little corner of the internet for the week. I have my hands full with finals (hearing myself say that makes me feel like a nineteen year old! Oh, to be young.)  Let's meet back here on Monday, okay? 

in the meantime, here are a few winter posts on Ashore that you may have missed:

• the best part of December last year: wreath making with Amy Merrick
• windowsill paper-white blooms, like Camus' invincible summer.  
• the christmas song that makes me cry every time
• decorating the christmas tree, my first winter in Portland.
• a cozy breakfast for supper dinner party

and couple of warm-you-up posts from around the web: 

• lanterns in Belgium for St. Martin's day. 
• a guide to hibernating (I want those candy-cane stripe leggings!)
• everything is prettier when paired with twinkle lights.
• "We are pliable. Love need not be a command or faith a dictum" -Bukowski 
• Laura and I spent last weekend in New York. It was magical.