Books, Writing, & The Cozy Life
Christmas is this week! We have everything that we're going to buy and it's all wrapped up, so that piece is finished. There's still cleaning and cooking to do, but at least we have until Wednesday and my husband is off until Thursday. It will be a team effort! I did my best to soak... Continue Reading →
We are halfway through December! Christmas is less than ten days away - I hope you're feeling peace and calm and not frenzy. Now that I type these words, I'm feeling my heartbeat tick up just a bit when I think of all of the wrapping and prepping that I still need to do. But... Continue Reading →
Happy Monday! This season is tough for so many reasons despite the fact that it's supposed to be the happiest time of the year. I hope you're all taking little bites of time for yourself and finding ways to fill your own bucket, even if only a little bit at a time. One of the... Continue Reading →
I have completely fallen off of the writing wagon. June has been another weird month for me, but at least I've had my health (other than one strange stomach bug that took us out for a week) so I'm happy about that. I used to write early in the mornings, but it seems like all... Continue Reading →
April was a killer month for me - I'm pretty sure that I was sick for at least three solid weeks of it and I completely fell out of most of my habits. Today is May 1st and I just finished this wonderful books on habits, so I'm thinking about how to find a nice... Continue Reading →
"What is a recipe for sauerkraut doing in my notebook? What kind of magpie keeps this notebook?"On Keeping a Notebook, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, page 138, Joan Didion Thanks to Nina Lacour's podcast On Keeping a Notebook, I've been reconsidering my previous animosity for Joan Didion. I read The Year of Magical Thinking a few years... Continue Reading →
Less than a month ago I was debating whether Morning Pages were still worth the time and energy anymore. At that writing, I recommitted myself to writing daily and promised to check in with my thoughts. Because I'm getting up to write morning pages, I've started cultivated a writing routine that I felt was impossible... Continue Reading →
I love bullet journaling. I love the flexibility to make it what you want or need. I've been extremely minimalist lately because I can throw together this monthly layout in just a few minutes and it serves nearly all of my needs for the entire month. No getting out a ruler and trying to draw... Continue Reading →
https://twitter.com/marykarrlit/status/1071582297437151232 Mary Karr, who I think I might be distantly related to (by marriage), wrote that tweet on December 8 and I can't stop thinking about it. And she's right. I'm slowly picking my way through Daily Rituals: How Artists Work, and it's amazing how many writers and thinkers swear by their walks. It shouldn't... Continue Reading →
I started writing morning pages just over two years ago. I loved it and looked forward to waking up at 4:30 nearly every single day to write in my journal; I relished being able to get the coffee pot ready each night and then crawl out of bed to the smell of hot coffee and... Continue Reading →
The Cozy Burrow 