Tag: To Lucia

The Color Run! How Marie and I set our sights on not being hindered by being sick.

Dear Lucia, What’s up? Why haven’t you answered our messenger darts game?? Afraid to lose??? Today I write to you about the Color Run. The Color Run (aka “The Happiest 5k On the Planet”) started in 2011 as an effort to make exercise fun and family inclusive. It is inspired by other 5ks like the…… Continue reading The Color Run! How Marie and I set our sights on not being hindered by being sick.

Thriving in The Cult 2.0: Gumballs, Learning Ukrainian, Commander

Dear Lucia, It’s me again (no shit). In the next few days I should be getting info on whether or not I have an apartment to move in to. Finding a new place to live has been incredibly stressful. 1.5 months ago our landlord told us that his family wanted to move into the house…… Continue reading Thriving in The Cult 2.0: Gumballs, Learning Ukrainian, Commander

How To Start A Garden: A Review Part Two (Electric Boogaloo)

Dear Lucia, I hope you have a wonderful time reading my song by song analysis of Nanna’s Album How To Start a Garden! I am absolutely obsessed with this album and have been listening to it (almost) exclusively in the days since it came out. You will notice this is a part two because I…… Continue reading How To Start A Garden: A Review Part Two (Electric Boogaloo)

How To Start A Garden: A Slight Fanatics Review

“How To Start A Garden” is the debut album of Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdottir, most well known for her role as guitarist, lyricist, and singer in Of Monsters And Men. Of Monsters And Men started as Nannas solo project, Songbird, but when the group won Músíktilraunir (lit. trans: the music experiments), an annual Icelandic young musicians…… Continue reading How To Start A Garden: A Slight Fanatics Review

Touring Iceland

Howdy Lucia!! It has been a fuckin week. For sure. I am finally recovering from driving for about 3 days straight showing my friend around Iceland. The first day we did the Golden Circle, plus a few of my extra special stops, including Friðheimar and Gamla Laugin. The second day we drove all the way…… Continue reading Touring Iceland