Sydney Valiente

This has been my favorite quote since I was in high school and it made it to the top of my MySpace page's quote section. I think about...

A wheat pasting recipe & a wheat pasting definition.

This is a new website. Blogging is also new-ish. If you scroll back, I've had bouts of consistency (and inconsistency) in the past with...

I used to have a lot to say, but now I do a lot more thinking than saying. Sometimes that bothers me, but I'm slowly making peace with...

Alyssa and I have been back in San Diego for officially one week. I've seen the ocean every single day. We've had TWO bonfires, been to...

I feel a change in me since being in Mexico. I am noticing the tiny moments, the details in the leaf of a palm, the way light folds...

I wrote a long post, but it felt too personal, so I just saved it in my drafts to revisit another day. I've had a lot of migraines this...

I've been incapacitated the last two days due to a migraine, but I discovered Dramamine and its healing qualities. So I'm on the up & up...

When I was little, my brother, sister, and I were obsessed with the National Geographic animal cards we were gifted one Christmas by my...

Jack Kerouac's book "On The Road" is one of my top 5 favorite books of all time. I like the meaninglessness of it, but also -of course-...

It's been decided. We are moving back to San Diego. Alyssa and I spent the last year missing our city. We tried the LA thing, and granted...

I had my morning coffee on top of the pier at the end of the Malecón this morning. Alyssa and I had walked there to take photos of the...

No matter where you go, there you will be. I was feeling pretty restless after a couple months into living in LA, and a year later when...