Books, Writing, & The Cozy Life
On Wednesdays I share the books I've finished over the week. I have a nice variety to talk about today! The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw“And you realize that if God were to welcome everyone into heaven, your mother would abandon Christianity immediately.” This was an Audible Daily Deal a few months... Continue Reading →
I cannot believe that this is my fifth update on Stillness! Thank you to Carolyn who hosts a wonderful group of bloggers sharing their own updates on the last Monday of each month. If you're interested in all of my posts from this year, you can see them here. I vacuum multiple times every day... Continue Reading →
Each Monday I spend a little time looking at the week that just ended. This is to make sure I'm using my time to cultivate habits that support my overarching goals and values. But it's also to look back and remember all that I accomplished because sometimes that's easy to forget! Now that we're back... 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 →
Friday is my favorite day of the week because it is all about joy here at The Cozy Burrow! I spend the whole week jotting down memories to share and always look forward to the joyful moments you share in the comments. Why? Because as soon as we start looking for joy, we starts noticing... Continue Reading →
Today's reading update includes the books I finished over the last two weeks because my blog schedule went off course last week. The book I would have shared last week, No One Is Talking About This, completely through me off and killed my reading mojo for several days. I inhaled the rest of the books... Continue Reading →
I published 2020 | What Worked For Me | What I'd Like to Change in early January and promptly forgot that I'd set some big picture goals for the year. Some recent engagement with that post reminded me about them and I decided it was time to revisit those ideas. I came up with five... Continue Reading →
(Almost) every Monday I like to look at the week that just ended. This gives me a chance to think about how I used my time and ensure that I'm making choices that match my goals and values. Last week was full of outside play and reading - I'm calling it a success! We were... Continue Reading →
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 →
