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The Wilder Things
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The Wilder Things is a blog of musings, styles, words, pictures, recipes, happenings, and beautiful things. The site melds the intellectual with the beautiful; it's a celebration of the wonderful and the wilder, from Lanvin to Berenice Abbot, Hemingway to salsa verde. It's a blog with a brain.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 137 )
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Wilder Pictures: Busted Flat in Porter Square, Waiting for a Train
I love trains. I love that once I get on them, they whisk me away. I don't have to pay attention to where I'm going. I can just sit and watch the trees flick... Read more
Posted on 15 October 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION -
Wilder Words: On Sunlight Through a Roof, from Tinkers
I dogeared the page of Tinkers, by Paul Harding, the minute I read this passage. The calm in both the scene described and the cadence of the words soothed me. Read more
Posted on 05 October 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
Wilder Style (Sort Of) + Pictures: Michelangelo's David, Spring/Summer 2013
My mom has been cleaning out her office lately. She's found all sorts of gems in the cabinets, including (but not limited to) an old Sony Walkman, ancient cell... Read more
Posted on 02 October 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
10 Things I Like, Because It's Been Way Too Long
Well, it seems to be Friday again, and this time I'm finally posting a "10 Things I Like!" Phew. It's been a while, for which I apologize. Because I'm sure... Read more
Posted on 28 September 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
Wilder Pictures + Happenings: 20 Hundred Club Fall Race in Narraganset Bay
This past weekend I sailed in a 22 mile race put on by the 20 Hundred Club around Narraganset Bay. Talk about my idea of heaven. Read more
Posted on 24 September 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
Wilder Musings + Pictures: Happy New Year + Apple Picking
This past weekend I went up to Maine for the holiday Rosh Hashana, which is the celebration of the Jewish new year. Fall snuck up on Maine since I left for the... Read more
Posted on 19 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION -
Wilder Style: Hoist Away Bags
The Codman Estate in my hometown of Lincoln, MA used to be the summer home of the well-to-do Codman family in the 1700s and1800s. Read more
Posted on 12 September 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
10 Things I Like + Wilder Words: F. Scott Fitzgerald, On What To Do?
As I try to figure out some next steps in a few different areas of my life, I constantly have to remind myself to slow down, to take everything one day at a... Read more
Posted on 07 September 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
Wilder Style: A Visit To Josephine (or) Clothes AND Housewares? Yes, Please.
I live in a city. Yet I do most of my shopping at a little store called Josephine, in Camden, Maine, that carries all of my favorite brands: James Perse,... Read more
Posted on 29 August 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
Wilder Musings + Home Style: On Leaving The Nest (and) 8 Things I Want for My...
You guys. It happened. I have flown the coop. Spread my wings. Left the nest. I have moved (well, partially moved, there's still much to be done) into my own,... Read more
Posted on 28 August 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
Wilder Pictures + Musings: A Visit to Winslow Homer's Studio (or) Choosing An...
One of the benefits of having a journalist for a mother is that sometimes she takes me along to the cool things she gets to do. Read more
Posted on 27 August 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
Wilder Pictures + Musings: Marshall Point Light + Port Clyde General Store
This past Saturday, my cousins (canine and human) and I piled into the Mustang my cousin rented to drive from New York to Maine (always a good move) and drove... Read more
Posted on 21 August 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
Beautiful Thing of the Day: Jack Spade + Barbour (or) A Happy Marriage
Could it be? Jack Spade and Barbour have teamed up!? I could die and go to sartorial heaven. Not only are these two of my all time favorite brands, but judging... Read more
Posted on 20 August 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
Beautiful Thing of the Day: Rams Head Revisited (or) A Lalaounis Bracelet
It's been a while since I've obsessed on TWT over something that Moda Operandi has up on their site, but I saw this amazing bracelet and couldn't help but... Read more
Posted on 16 August 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
Farmer's Market Series, Volume VII
Soooo there are lots of exciting things happening in my work life, which is awesome and I'm super pumped about, but also means I've been kind of all over the... Read more
Posted on 15 August 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
Wilder Pictures + Happenings: Eggemoggin Reach Regatta, Part 3 (or) Sailing Home
The final batch of photos from the ERR. What started out as a foggy, calm sail turned into a windy and wild ride back to Rockport from Brooklin. Read more
Posted on 09 August 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
Wilder Pictures + Happenings: The Eggemoggin Reach Regatta 2012, Part 2 (or)...
I woke up to light streaming in through the window, Blue Hill backlit by the sun, and waves from the wake of a passing lobster boat lapping against the... Read more
Posted on 08 August 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
Wilder Pictures + Happenings: Eggemoggin Reach Regatta 2012, Part I (or) The Bes...
Every year as the first weekend in August approaches, I begin to get giddy with excitement. The week goes by slowly as I anticipate the Friday when I will head... Read more
Posted on 07 August 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
Wilder Style: You're Killin' Me With This Tee, Smalls
Oh man, this tee just stopped me in my tracks. You know The Sandlot? The greatest little kid baseball movie of all time (with exception to Angels in the... Read more
Posted on 07 August 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
Wilder Style + Musings: Lemon & Line (or) The Crazy Half-Clothed Sailing...
My friend recently sent me a text, and all it said was "www.lemonandline.com." I followed the link and just about died when I saw where it led...which was to... Read more
Posted on 31 July 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE