I bought a trailer. In short, I'm terrified.

I've had this dream in the back of my mind for about two years -- get a trailer, renovate it, fill it with vintage + independent designers and tour the country. I've dreamily followed mobile retailers for years, hoping for the day I would have one of my own. 

But then life happened. I took a job for a fashion company in Ghana and my mobile dream got put on the back burner. Now that I'm back in school for my final quarter, I planned on working out the details of the dream, because I didn't think I could afford a trailer for probably another six months.

But then there was a Craigslist ad. There it was, in all it's glory. For. fifty. dollars. It all happened so fast, but I knew it was meant to be! I couldn't turn it down. 

The dream is real now. It's actualized. I'm not ready at all for this, but there's no turning back now, and I couldn't be more terrified and stoked about it. 

I hope to post about the process, challenges and successes found along the way.

Here's to the next adventure.

Love love,

Ashley Rose

Joining the Kindle Train

I have reached my first actual crisis while in Ghana: I’m running out of books to read. Sure, there are bookshops in Hohoe, and if I ever feel the need to read “101 Ways to Improve Your Public Speaking” or “Jesus Loves You If You're Straight” I can stroll over and pick one up, but those aren’t normally my type.

 I’ve started to envy Rachael’s Kindle. I’m normally vehemently opposed to electronic reading devices. I much prefer the tangible feeling of turning the page, but the idea of having hundreds of books at my fingertips without having to haul paperbacks around sounds nice when you’re moving about a foreign country.

Since being here, I’ve read.

1.       A Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins

2.       On the Road by Jack Kerouac

3.       King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hoschild

4.       Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James (Don’t judge me, okay?! It was on our bookshelf from past staff. I read it in a day. I’m not proud, but it happened.)

5.       The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

6.       Walden by Henry David Thoreau

I read all those the old fashioned way – dog-earring pages and all, but I have officially succumbed to the cool kid traveler gadget. My wonderful mother slipped a Kindle into my next package. She sent it more than a month ago, and I’ve heard horror stories about packages never arriving. Here’s to hoping a Ghanaian post office attendant isn’t reading “Daily Manna” on my new toy

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Now that I have a full library at the click of a button (If it ever comes!), what books should I read? Currently accepting recommendations!

-          Ashley Rose.