Books, Writing, & The Cozy Life
Oh, friends. I have some sad news to report: I finished my Wendell Berry book of poetry. I gasped when I got to the end and hadn't realized that I never wanted it to be over! So it feels fitting to share this poem with you today: Once there was nothing,not even darkness,not even silence,not... 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 Wednesday! I usually publish this post on Mondays, but this week’s blog schedule is going to be off-kilter. Something happened to our internet on Saturday afternoon and our provider was able to send someone out to fix it on Tuesday morning. Well - we had a quite detox period, let me tell you! We... 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 →
This week... where did it go?! I'm thankful for this semi-regular joy-gathering practice I've cultivated over the last year. Its purpose is to help slow things down, find the delight in the mundane, and remind myself that this is my life. + This was my view while journaling on Monday morning and I ran outside... Continue Reading →
Happy Wednesday! I'm here to share a few more books that I was able to finish since we met last week - my goodness, aren't we lucky that there are so many amazing books out there?! Summerwater by Sarah MossThis story is told in one day. Moss adeptly takes us into the heads of a... Continue Reading →
Oh friends, I am so fickle. I have changed planners again! The Traveler's Notebook served me well since September 2020, but I've been craving something a bit more like my old Hobonichi Cousin, but smaller and without the daily pages. I missed having a place where I could keep a running to-do list! Juliann introduced... 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 →
It's the last day in April and I'm happy to report that it finally looks like Spring around here! Today I'm sharing updates from our garden as well as a few bookish things that I've found delightful. Radishes are up!I adore pink tulips! (this one got plucked by little hands yesterday, so I'm glad I... Continue Reading →
Friends - it's been an incredible week for reading. I'm here to share the books I've finished since last Wednesday, which includes a beautiful variety of authors and topics. I'm not sure how much longer I'll be able to keep up this reading pace but I'm enjoying every moment of it while it lasts! The... Continue Reading →
The Cozy Burrow 