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EMILY CRALL BLOG

I'm Emily and I'm so happy you're here! This blog is a journal about my life and my latest work. Stay a while and say hello!

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iowa city family: lockwood

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I met Mandi at the gym where we both teach classes.  (She’s a fellow Pilates teacher!)  She has a gorgeous family and the day was absolutely un-October with it’s sun and heat.  I couldn’t stop ogling red hair glimmering in the sunlight.  It was beautiful. Seriously, she’s such a little peanut! Sibling love. The best […]

on variations of white

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When I was 14, my mom let me order two t-shirts out of a Chadwicks catalog.  They had three-quarter length sleeves and a small dainty edging around the v-neck cut of a collar.  It was a buy one, get one 1/2 off sale so it made sense, really, to buy two.  But the dilemma, wasn’t […]

cluttered desk + cluttered thoughts

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It’s that time again.  Bed time.  I write best when I’m tired though.  Or maybe I don’t, but since I’m tired, I’m slightly warped in thought so words spill out easier.  Whether or not they make sense is up to the reader, I suppose. I have a cluttered desk.  I hate clutter.  I have miscellaneous […]

brothers

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I took my brothers’ pictures.  Then I reminisced like an old woman about how old they’re getting and how they shouldn’t grow up.  I put those posts up on my other blog so here are the links if you’re interested. JordanPayton

kalona student: payton

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He’s my youngest brother, the last one to join the Miller kids.  When he was born, a hard-of-hearing neighbor thought his name was Painting Grease instead of Payton Reese.  Rookie mistake.  I actually credit my parents in coming up with some very clever names for their children.  (Carla Renae, Matthew Jerome, Megan Joy, Emily Lorae, […]

kalona student: jordan

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“Okay, if I ask you to point that arrow towards me, do you promise that it will be safe and you won’t kill me…literally?” I don’t usually ask my clients this question, but he’s my brother…and he had a bow and arrow in his hands.  It seemed a legitimate and necessary question really.  So, with […]

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