interview with jill bliss

hello hello! how are you feeling today my friends? the weekend is getting closer and closer, right? do you have any special plans for this weekend? we are going away, as usual! but next week will be rocking as we have a national holiday on friday and lisbon celebrates its city holiday on monday, so… huge weekend for us here in lisbon! and to celebrate that i am going away with mr twiggs and another couple, to an {island} near mr twiggs hometown, which most say that it is paradise close to home. finally 5 days will be spent on a place that it is said to be very very simple… simple like… “there is no lamps on the bedroom and lights are out on the island by midnight” simple! curious? i am! cannot wait! but moving on to our interview today! as you may have noticed on the title… jill bliss is our lovely guest today. let me tell you a story.

in 2007 i spent christmas in new york. i have someone there i consider my second family and they live close to new york. so, what happened was that while they worked, i was wandering through the streets of new york alone… feeling the city, taking all the time to go through the neighbourhoods i wanted to visit… stores… museums… and as i love notebooks, i fell in love with this one, as soon as i layed my eyes on it. and this was how i heard about jill bliss.

it was such a sweet feeling when i came across her online… because back in 2007 i was quite far from the blogging world. so, i invited jill a few weeks ago to be a guest here on this feature… and share with us some thoughts a little bit more personal.

number :: 5.
my life seems to be lived in distinct 5 year increments.

letter :: c
circle. i love the concept of it.

my favourite time of the day is… if i’ve had a good night’s sleep, my favorite time of day is first thing in the morning after my dog has woken me up because she’s “starving” and yet grudgingly submits to 10 more minutes of quiet while i wake up. if i’m exhausted or overwhelmed, bedtime is my favorite time of day!

if i could choose a country to live, other than my own, i would choose… that’s a toss between the netherlands (where my family is from), or japan. both cultures and places are very interesting to as potential outsider living in them.

if i had to choose a flavour from my childhood memories, i would choose… freshly ground peanut butter from the health food store my grandma would take me to. she’d let me press the button on the machine.

and about indulgences? tell us about yours… green jasmine tea, or any tea with pear essences, dark chocolate; spending an entire day with a good book or a good friend or on a good hike; artisan-made housewares, clothing or furniture.

jill bliss was such a nice guest here! i really loved that i was able to come across someone whose work i admired so much and actually bring her to this blog! so flattered! if you like these nature details… and if you are crazy about notebooks like i am, i strongly advise you to sneak-peek her {website}! see you in a bit!

images: twiggs’ photography (the notebook is my own)

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