Books, Writing, & The Cozy Life
Dear Friends - I am happy to share that my reading slump ended around mid-November. In September I deleted my Goodreads Reading Challenge and stopped tracking the number of books I've read. And then - I just kind of stopped reading for myself. But that break was important because it allowed me to flip a... Continue Reading →
Happy week of Thanksgiving in the US! We've got our menus planned, groceries bought, and have started baking things. But the real preparation will begin in earnest on Wednesday afternoon and I'm chomping at the bit to get started. But before we can start Thanksgiving, I'd like to share (some of) the oops* I've made... Continue Reading →
It's the last Tuesday of the month, so I'm checking in with Carolyn and my One Little Word. You can see all of my Stillness posts here. September was a month of feeling unsteady, off-kilter, and not quite like myself. It was a time of paring down and changing focus. The biggest shift for me... Continue Reading →
We're in the last few days of June! I hope you're all enjoying the summer. We're reveling in a slightly more relaxed schedule and spending plenty of time outside with our garden and flowers. I'm publishing this post mid-morning because I've found it difficult to steady my blogging rhythm over the last few weeks. I'm... Continue Reading →
I wasn't planning to be back with a poem today, but this one presented itself to me on Saturday and I couldn't resist! Mindful Every day I see or I hear something that more or less kills me with delight, that leaves me like a needle in the haystack of light. It is what I... Continue Reading →
On Sundays I try to share a few lines of poetry that caught my attention. I'm new to the world of poetry and these Sunday posts ensure I read a few poems every week. Here's one I encountered in a book of Mary Oliver essays this week: Softest of Mornings Softest of mornings, hello. And... Continue Reading →
Fridays have quickly become my favorite blogging days - they're an opportunity to gather up some of the joyful moments I've had over the week and put them all in one place. I especially love it when you, dear friends, chime in with your own observations. "In the shapeliness of a life, habit plays its... Continue Reading →
Happy Sunday. I'm here to share a few beautiful words from Wendell Berry. I'm still on a spring flower kick and, luckily, so is he: A man who loves the treeswalks among them on a dark dayfor the solace he has taken alwaysfrom the company of his elders,and suddenly he seessuch a grace as in... Continue Reading →
I'm in a particular good patch of poems in my Wendell Berry book and had a difficult time picking one to share with you today. But this felt right: At the woods' edge, suddenlythe air around him was perfumedwith the scent of wild plum flowers.The whitened trees were accompaniedby several redbuds also in bloom,equally beautiful,... Continue Reading →
Dear friends, I have missed two Full of Joy Friday posts in a row! I actually can't believe it's already Friday - this week has flown by way too quickly. The entire month has, in fact. And it's just a reminder that these joyful moments are fleeting - if I don't take the time to... Continue Reading →
The Cozy Burrow 