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CIRCUMSPECTACLES

Category: travel & adventure

twists, turns, and a love story

I don’t often share everyday details of love, family, and friendship here on this blog, but I feel like I should tell the story of Nick and me–simply because it’s a good one and has contributed to so many of my recent thoughts and adventures. We met on Tinder, of all places. I was about… Read More twists, turns, and a love story

July 13, 2018July 12, 2018 emilylynncook2 Comments

why and how I hitchhike

When I tell people I hitchhike and often do so on my own, the first question usually is: “But isn’t that rather unsafe?” Raised eyebrows, comments on being a young female, etc. My response usually is: “Half the time I’m carrying an ice-axe and pointy poles and can be found by sniffing the wind, so… Read More why and how I hitchhike

August 1, 2017October 12, 2019 emilylynncook1 Comment

circumspectacles

noun, plural

1) the many varieties of absurdity and beauty all around us

2) a set of ‘lenses’ that lead to wonder and awe

3) the many senses of awe and smallness

4) the act of watching the constant tension and dialogue between nature and culture, place and space, people and their world

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a note on spelling, etc.

Hi, this is Emily. Across this blog, I use a lot of British spelling. I do this because I went to university in Scotland, and I feel like that reflects my own personal experience most accurately. A lot of these thoughts I first encountered as I waded through all things Scottish and British, and the words of these thoughts were spelt accordingly. 

However, for some pieces–like, for pieces firmly set in Pennsylvania or Vermont or whatever–I use US spelling because there’s simply no other way the words should be spelled.  If I ever get the two mixed up, it’s because I just don’t really care. Don’t be twattish jagoffs about it. <3 

also, my use of capitalisation is erratic.

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