one year ago...

one year ago today, we rolled into grand forks, north dakota, in a van filled with ikea furniture, pencil skirts, and entirely not enough sweaters. i didn't know what a combine was or how to frost a cake, and part of me thought that i could get around by foot and bike alone. 

today my closet is filled with flannel shirts, frosting-stained overalls, and boots that are still damp from yesterday's romp through a sugar beet field. i don't have a bike yet, but driving on the always-trafficless highway listening to minnesota public radio might be my new favorite hobby.

out our window, some corn stalks in our garden have grown just tall enough to say hello and giggle at us in our underpants because... for the first time in my adult life, this year has meant no roommates. 

with one year under my belt, i've found myself morphing my introduction from "i just moved to the midwest from brooklyn," to a plain and simple, "i live in the midwest."

it feels good. settled. it makes me all smiley and ready to get married and stuff. 

one percent of me still craves a bagel and lox at all hours of the day, but heavens me, if this past year is any indication of what my future in the midwest holds, i am so gosh darn excited.

(someone stop me before i get too mushy.)

happy anniversary, mister midwest and me! i'm gonna go stand outside and let you bite me with all the mosquitos you got!

-yeh!!!

MIDWEST: INSTAGRAMS

last week i tooled around the midwest, taking in all of the greenery and the old storefronts, and spending time with people and pets. i gained a thing for parallel lines: lines in the field, lines on the deck, train tracks, docks, staves... they're fun, i think i'll run with them for a second. i enjoyed the quiet simplicity of the midwest before making my way back to the sauna east for one last week of bagels, juilliard, brooklyn, and packing before saying goodbye. 

this will be a very weird week. 

pictured:

wildflowers from eggboy, picked during cultivation // a bemidji dock // a tractor hang

birthday pies for eric // my favorite sign in my new town // avec avec nick et colin

wisconsin dells, the summer home of my youth // bundled for the train + anticipating the fall // farmer things

cold pizza (the perfect breakfast) // rite of spring // a private little concert

milwaukee // from a long and enjoyable ride // #selfiesunday

in his sunday best with a tiny little kitty // cotton candy in the sky // israeli lunch

the first ravinia // the mighty mia // the jolly george

a wicker park summer evening // greek yogurt + halva // a brother and his band

 -yeh!