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The Writing

  • Post 502: The highway in the sky

    Post 502: The highway in the sky

    I white-knuckled my way, steering our rented Ford Fusion around the switchback roads. Up, up, up we climbed. Twist. Turn. Twist again. The Fusion hybrid changed to its electric alter ego, informing me with a leafy icon on the dash.  “I can drive if you’re too nervous,” Nick said. But he didn’t mean it. He Read more

  • Post 501: It’s here, it’s enough

    Post 501: It’s here, it’s enough

    After going to college in rural western New York, many of my peers flocked back to their big-city hometowns or left their backcountry nests behind in search of something bigger, something better. I understood the allure — skyscrapers, busy streets, the excitement of being where things actually happen. I wondered if it was something I Read more

  • Post 500: Welcome back to Blackbyrd

    Post 500: Welcome back to Blackbyrd

    In the fall of 2014 I toured a personal finance magazine’s office in downtown DC. I had actually secured an internship there for a summer but turned it down for another, more-substantial offer closer to home.  (P.S. I’ve now worked at the company I chose over the magazine for nearly seven years.)  (P.P.S. I knew Read more

  • The search for that ‘Big Magic’

    Let’s be honest here: I haven’t really channeled creativity beyond cloth-covered cubicle walls in nearly two years. Two years. A second piece of honesty: it’s really hard to channel creativity whilst immersed in traditional corporate America. I’m fortunate to have forged muddy, puddle-ridden pathways for my creative juices to flow down…though, admittedly, the puddles have dried up from Read more

  • Emily’s real-life ‘adulting’ in 2015

    I moved out of my parents’ house last January after my college graduation in December. I didn’t write much in 2015 (sorry, 14-year-old self), but you’ll remember this post about my breakdown in Walmart, and perhaps this post from September, where I offered a glimpse into what the hell I’d been up to. I’ve been busy. And, Read more

  • Update: where has Emily been?

    It’s been awhile. I know. But that’s because I’ve been white water rafting and hopping on a plane to Europe and going to the beach and making new friends and drinking beers and traveling for work and hosting parties and eating ice cream and pretty much just loving everything about this post-college life. I wanted you Read more