I’m off to enjoy some much-needed family time down in lovely Lake Charles, LA this week. Here’s to the land of lagniappe, boudin, and Community Coffee!
Author Archives: katybeck
All’s well that ends well
This week I fulfilled a long-time goal of mine, which was to volunteer with the group that puts on Shakespeare on the Common every summer here in Boston. The closest I had gotten up til now had been to sign up for Commonwealth Shakespeare Company newsletter during one … Read More →
The growing gang…
Back from another lovely week on the Cape. Food was eaten, beaches were explored, sandcastles were built, fireworks were watched, bubbles were chased, s’mores were cooked, conversations were had, naps were taken, and books were read. We did the same things we’ve always done, and … Read More →
24 hours to go!
The annual trek down to the Cape is upon us! I shot three rolls of 120mm film on my Holga last summer, and then heartlessly allowed them languish at my old roommate’s place until only a few months ago. It was such a treat to open them up … Read More →
Hey good lookin’
What have I got cooking? I’m so glad you asked. I survived my first semester teaching, in no small part due to the number of evenings spent eating Old Bay fries and making ridiculous doodles with my design peeps: I met a 6-hour old Mollie Danger, the world’s … Read More →
The Tale of Kiddie Katydid
About a year ago I took a little drive with a friend of mine up to New Hampshire. Our goal of visiting a local farmer’s market turned out to be ill-fated, but our impromptu visit to a local used bookstore was not! I immediately fell in love with this beauty, for obvious … Read More →
A collection of collections
The students in my web design class are currently working on a project involving collections. They have been tasked with gathering 10 – 15 objects or ideas that are meaningful in some way, and designing a website that presents the collection to a larger audience. As inspiration for the design … Read More →
Expansion
There are times in my life when I feel a lot like this scene in Amelie. I call them my Expansion Phases. Two weeks along in my first semester of teaching, they’ve been happening basically every Friday night as am packing up to take the train home. Its … Read More →
175 Years Ago
In celebration of Texas Independence Day, I went looking for our original currency. Images from Crutchfield’s Currency.
On thinking, making, and being present
This week I have been remembering my grandmother, who passed away a year ago on Monday. I began this post shortly afterward, but never quite found the right words to describe the experience. Today, hopefully, I have. My grandmother Mina (one half of the grandparents I called Mom and Pop) … Read More →
The benefits of hindsight
I’m not sure if this is the case anymore, but when I was in college the career center offered various free aptitude tests to help its students figure out what they wanted to be. One of these was the Myers-Briggs Strong Interest Indicator (I took Myers-Briggs … Read More →
New Year’s Resolution: Carless in 2012
On January 2, I drove down to CarMax and sold my trusty car of the last 12 years — a green Nissan Sentra I called Jenny. Incidentally, I bought Jenny from a CarMax in Maryland when I first moved to the DC area after college, so it felt like coming full circle. In the … Read More →