Books, Writing, & The Cozy Life
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 →
Each Friday I try to share a few joyful moments from the week. I'm a little short on time, so this post will be short on words and full of pictures from my flower gardens. But first: August has discovered the hummingbird feeder. This is where you'll find him for the foreseeable future. This is... Continue Reading →
Summer reading is the best, isn't it? I don't know what reading three Elly Griffiths book in a week says about me, but I'm here for it. I've decided that this will be the summer that I will read exactly what I want, without worrying about a thing! The Stone Circle by Elly Griffiths“The landscape... Continue Reading →
Good morning! Nearly every Monday I share the previous week's spread from my planner. This gives me an opportunity to think about the week that just ended and how I used my time. Last week was full of reading and playing outside - perhaps my most balanced week in a long time. I feel like... Continue Reading →
I like to share a few joyful moments from the week each Friday. "You too can be carved anew by the details of your devotions," says Mary Oliver - so let's be devoted to spotting joy! + The picture above is my view while I'm doing my morning yoga and meditation around 5am. I love... Continue Reading →
It's been a few weeks since I shared what I've been reading, but here I am: trying to stay caught up! Fiction has been hard for me lately and I've abandoned several books that are getting a lot of buzz, despite trying really hard to like them. But pushing through a book that I'm not... Continue Reading →
(Almost) every Monday I share a picture from my planner. The goal is to think about how I'm using my time to ensure it aligns with my overarching goals and values - whatever they may be that week! Today's update includes my spreads from the last two weeks and they are remarkably similar. Rhythms are... 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 →
Oof - I didn't mean to take another week off from blogging. Yet here I am, bashfully reentering the blogosphere. For some reason, writing felt like an insurmountable task. I was bored with the blogging schedule I've been following for the last year and couldn't figure out how to break through the staleness, so today's... Continue Reading →
This week we learned about a mass grave site with the remains of at least 215 children, some as young as 3 years old, at a boarding school for Indigenous children. I was emailing a dear friend about this on Monday night, started reading a Mary Oliver collection when I crawled into bed shortly after,... Continue Reading →
The Cozy Burrow 