Books, Writing, & The Cozy Life
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 →
It's seems like so many of my blogger friends are feeling the way I am - off-kilter, unlike ourselves, and generally unsettled. But Juliann asked a wonderful question this morning: What brings you energy? And my answer (right now, anyway) is: needle and thread. I've been staying up a little too late every night thanks... Continue Reading →
In May I checked in on the overarching goals that I set in January. One of those goals was to embrace the slow - and that's exactly what I've been doing the last couple of weeks. A Plump WifePatchwork SwoonSarah's Handspun yarn knitted into DRK Everyday SocksThe beginning of the ShiftyA Flower a Daynew audiobookWhat... Continue Reading →
It's Friday! And it's perfect timing because I just finished weaving in the ends on my second Spark Cardigan last night. Here's the Ravelry link and my modifications: + I shortened the cuffs of the sleeves from 5 inches to 2.5." The original pattern has you fold the cuffs over and I'm forever fiddling with... Continue Reading →
This picture of my desk on Friday night illustrates my life right now. Empty notebooks. A closed laptop. Piles of paper that don't belong there. Library books buried in the detritus. I took last week off from nearly all of my regular scheduled programming. My journaling streak? It's over. Monday, August 30 was Day 513... Continue Reading →
It's been a while since I shared a Sunday Poem, but I put a sticky note on the first week of September so that I would remember to share this poem with you all today. And it's an even cooler balm to the soul now than it was months ago when I first read it.... Continue Reading →
It's Friday, dear friends. And wouldn't you know it -- it was another difficult week around the world. There's so much going on and it seems like things get more complicated and discouraging every week. But I'm here to share a few snapshots from my week before heading into the weekend. This week's reading &... Continue Reading →
September is nearly here! But before we can step into early fall, we have to let go of August. I can't think of a better way to end a month than checking in with Carolyn and everyone's One Little Word. I've used this year to practice slowing down and cultivate stillness in my life. I... Continue Reading →
Welp. It sure was another week, wasn't it? I kept things simple: we had the week off from school and I didn't put any pressure on us to do anything other than play, which made all the difference in the world given the state of things in the world. Today's post will also be super... Continue Reading →
Happy Wednesday, friends. I'm back to share this week's reading with you. Today's post is a much more reasonable offering because I'm moving through my current book much more slowly than is typical. It's Jane Eyre and I'm very happy to be taking my time with it and am supplementing the reading with sharp feminist... Continue Reading →
The Cozy Burrow 