Summer has finally arrived for most of us, and with it, many plans and dreams for the next few months. Were loving everything about summer, from maxi dresses, to barefeet, to warmer weather, campouts...
(featuring two of Joni Mitchells versions and three covers) If I were to curate a list of my favourite Joni Mitchell songs, Big Yellow Taxi wouldnt ordinarily take top spot. I much prefer the story o...
I had somehow managed to make it to the age of fifteen years and eight months without knowing how to cartwheel. Oh, I would cartwheel mentally whenever I was particularly happy about something, but I...
There a few meals that remind me of home, and of family. The tastes of those dinners and desserts instantly send me back to a certain season of my life, and when I move out I am sure they will be wha...
May rolls around and with it comes a longing for Woodland. Woodland, the little resort on a lake that weve been going to for years -- in fact, my mom has been going up there since she was eight. This...
June on Fernweh is going to be good. It will be full of memories and light leaks and the beginnings of summer. And we hope that it will also involve you. If youve got any photography, writing or anyt...
Todays post is from Fernweh reader Andrea. If youre looking at this in a reader, hop on over to see it live on the website for the full effect. Its a truly gorgeous magazine-style editorial with text...
(hawk watch)I was browsing through Flickr one day, sometime last year, flicking through photos and words and whatnot. Somehow, I landed on Rachels profile. I was fascinated.Rachel is an incredibly ta...
Summer is practically on my doorstep, her hand poised and ready to knock. Our whole house is waiting to usher her in, ready to tell her how much weve missed her and how excited we are to see her agai...
I have a strange relationship with art museums. When it is announced we are going to visit one, as my family usually does on vacations, I groan and complain, thinking about the hours spent in cold ro...
I wonder sometimes, if I had never discovered blogging, where would I be now? Blogging lead the way for writing which turned into designing which ended in photography and culminated in a love of art ...
Some nights, I like to sit on my windowsill when it is dark and cold out. Wearing my pyjamas with a cardigan over my shoulders, I will sit with a notebook on my lap and write. More often that not on ...
A couple of our favourite books from the past month. What have you read recently? Selected Poems 1923-1958 by e. e. cummingsBetween Shades Of Grey by Ruta Sepetys The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak...
When this submission from Kaya arrived in our email, I knew instantly that we would have to share it with you. The spooky images and haunting writing have left me desperate to find an old house to in...
I can tell how long it is until the summer holidays by the state of our garden. Right now, there are forget-me-nots blooming and tulips fading and clematis tangled through the obelisks. As soon as th...
Theres a certain quiet beauty about the twilight, when the sun has set but still leaves a lingering glow in the west and trees are mere silhouettes in the darkening sky. Sitting on the front step sti...
Here is a collection of websites, books, and music that weve been loving lately. 1) Rear Window, 2) To Kill a Mockingbird, 3) Rome, 4) Vanessa Jackman Street Fashion, 5) Humans of New York, 6) N...
Lately, Ive been thinking a lot about the future and how its made. What makes up the moments deemed fit for stashing away? How is it that every day seems the same, yet when we look back, it all seems...
Were starting a new set of monthly features on Fernweh that were all very excited about! One of our newest is a series called, "If I were..." It sounds cliche to say that I love music, but I ...
In case you hadnt noticed, the topic of blogging is a subject very dear to us all here. We spend a lot of time-sometimes, maybe too much time--constructing these online journals, and we all have diff...
Theres a fantastic tumblr project that Ive been following for the past few months. Its called the Burning House. The idea is this: you gather up the items that you would grab first if your house was ...
Want to know something fun about todays guest post? Morgan, who wrote this piece, told us that this was actually something that happened to her in real life--she says that pretty much everything is t...
There is something about growing things that appeals to me deeply. Sifting soil through fingers and dropping seeds into ground soft with spring. Tending your plants, weeding them, watering them, and ...
One of my favorite posts each month is the playlist. I love the diversity in our tastes in music and seeing it all come together. Heres Mays playlist--enjoy!listen on spotifymuch love,carlotta
If I was sticking to my plan, Id be writing a short story today to share with you. But instead I spent my afternoon watching films and Im more excited about sharing my favourite ones with you than st...
Im sure Im not the only one that gets sucked into the computer. There are blogs to read, tweets to tweet, statuses to post, and friends to catch up with--it can be a bit overwhelming. Inspired by thi...
Today, weve got a piece of writing from Fernweh reader Johanna. When this arrived in our email, I instantly felt like the arrival of summer was imminent. Isnt it great? Leave her some nice comments a...
Sometimes youll hear that song for the first time. Maybe your iPod is on shuffle, and it comes on as you walk between classes. Maybe youll be folding laundry, and its next up on Pandora. Either way, ...
800x6001024x7681280x10241600x1 200The monthly desktop has become one of my favorite things to work on for Fernweh. We took your advice last month (thanks much friends!) and brought back the calendar.....
Sometimes, there are just weeks when everything feels overwhelming. There seems to be a lot of homework, a lot of tests, a lot of pressure. And it seems insurmountable. I will never get through this ...
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