{my topography}

An impossibly possible project.

About

I am Christina Rosalie.

I am a writer, artist, and mother. I am currently working on a collection of illustrated essays called A Field Guide To Now.

I started keeping this blog a few months after the birth of my son, Bean, when the world suddenly seemed very jagged and blurry from lack of sleep and the company of other online mamas gave some assurance that I wasn’t going crazy. He is 5 now and big brother to Sprout, who is exactly 4 years and 4 days younger.

{My Topography} has become a reason to show up at the page. It is a record of big and small things in my life.

I think about heartbreak, coffee, gratitude, chocolate, birdsong, joy, kissing, food, and words constantly.

I am periodically smitten by wanderlust. I take pictures with my Cannon EOS 20D. I am a runner. love where I live.

If you stop by and read here regularly, please comment. I LOVE comments. As much as I love lattes and dark chocolate. Really.

Email me at: christina{at}mytopography{dot}com

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    1) Launch & get funding for A Field Guide For Now. 2) Go to some local galleries. 3) Write some query letters. 4) Read/re-read every book on this list. 5) Plant the garden. 6) Learn CSS. 7). Finish A Field Guide To Now manuscript. 8 ) Hike Mt. Mansfield. 9) Go for a family bike ride. 10) Make a big deal out of friends & loved one's birthdays. 11) Attend a writer's conference. 12) Start the process of going back to school. 13) Make croissants from scratch. 14) Go to Montreal this summer. 15) Get a Polaroid camera. 16) Work on my abs. 17) Throw a garden party with pretty lights and fun drinks. 18.) Buy a vintage cake stand. 19) Wear dresses more. 20) Take risks with fashion. 21) Organize the basement. 22) Go biking this summer. 23) Multiple streams of income. 24) Ride a train with the boys. 25) Go camping with friends. 26) Go to the local farmer's market regularly. 27) Submit five short stories. 28.) Buy a new bikini. 29) Build a greenhouse with recycled windows. 30) Complete some new canvases. 31) Become adept at Photoshop. 32) Go to a museum. 33) Remember: "What if there is no emergency?"
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