Fashion magazines. I sort of hate them, but I sort of love them at the same time. I used to be certifiably addicted to them, until I stopped denying that I was buying them less for the fashion and more as a way to test whether I “measured up” to celebrity standards. [...]

Ever since I’ve “discovered” my camera, there’s nothing more fascinating to me than getting these flower shots. There’s a whole lot of depth to flowers that I often overlook. Flowers in general are pleasing to the eye, but I never take the time to look at them up close. I was pleasantly [...]

And then the day came,
when the risk
to remain tight
in a bud
was more painful
than the risk
it took
to Blossom.

I have what you might call, a problem. It involves these:

And my inexplicable need to collect them.

Hello, my name is Justina and I can’t stop hoarding notebooks. There’s something so satisfying about holding a fresh, brand-new spiral-bound notebook in your hands. The potential it holds is so intoxicating. I love the [...]

I’ve sort of disappeared into the abyss lately. Friends and family have called to make sure I’m still coming up for air. Fear not! I’m still here — I’ve just been dealing with some things that have kept me from this unfamiliar concept of “having a life”. So yeah, I was [...]