Mary Oliver's writing manages to cross the two worlds of ethereal metaphor and the grounded astonishment of the natural world. I came across her work for the first time via The Orange with it's witty pith and joy in the everyday moments staying with me long after reading. Soon after, I bought the book Devotions , the one with the baby bird being fed delicately from a spoon on the cover. And it was in those pages that I found the poem Peonies . I read it eagerly with my frie

The female equivalent of the Scottish prefix “Mc” or “Mac” is “Nic,” meaning “daughter of.” Nc'nean Distillery takes its name from this tradition. Founded on the west coast of Scotland in Drimin on the Movern Peninsula by Annabel Thomas, Nc'nean is proudly female-founded. Through the last half of 2025, I had the pleasure of being their first Artist Bottling collaboration. The “nean” part of the name comes from Neachneohain, a Gaelic goddess whose name is often interpreted as

In 2023, Emily collaborated with SSAW (Spring Summer Autumn Winter) Collective on their Why Buy Roses in February?  campaign that...