Books, Writing, & The Cozy Life
I put together a post full of highlights at the end of each month. This practice is helpful when you feel like your little habits aren't making a difference in your life. It's an opportunity to gather up all of your goals and revel in how much you've accomplished by simply doing a little at... Continue Reading →
Every Monday morning I take a look at the previous week in my notebook. This practice helps me look at how I'm using my time. We all have small pockets of time to ourselves and I'm on a mission to discover how to turn those slivers of time into something big. Materials used: Travelers Notebook weekly... Continue Reading →
I wasn't going to share a poem this morning, but this, randomly, was the next poem in my book: All that patriotism requires, and all that it can be,is eagerness to maintain intact and incorruptthe founding principles of the nation, and to preseveundiminished the land and the people. If national conductforsakes these aims, it is... Continue Reading →
On Friday mornings I spend time reflecting on the joy that I found during the week. One of my goals in 2020 was to take more pictures of the little moments - I share them here each week to keep me accountable. This week? The beauty (hassle?) of leaves in late fall and a fun... Continue Reading →
Week 44! We are getting startlingly close to week 52, aren't we? Wednesdays are my favorite blogging day of the week - Kat at As Kat Knits hosts Unraveled Wednesdays - where a fantastic group of knitters and readers gather to share their current projects. If you're looking for loads of inspiration, look no further!... Continue Reading →
I'm joining Honoré at Morning Glory Studio and writing about my One Little Word - Present (click here to view all of my posts on this topic this year). Today I'm sharing a poem and a prayer that arrived in my life in their own perfect moments. I shared this Wendell Berry poem just a... Continue Reading →
Today is the last Monday in October -- that feels bizarre, right? This month has whizzed by and I don't even feel like I've properly enjoyed the Halloween-y aspects of it all. My goal in the last few days of the month is to soak up as much of the Halloween spirit as I can!... Continue Reading →
Hello. Yes, I'm back with another Wendell Berry poem that showed up in the perfect moment. I'd almost decided that I wouldn't share one today, but... the message arrived, right on time! We travelers, walking to the sun, can't seeAhead, but looking back the very lightThat blinded us shows us the way we came,Along which... Continue Reading →
On Fridays I share a few pictures of the week. Today I'm sharing freshly bloomed roses, an orange maple tree, and snow! Art classBug waiting in the drop off lineA rose just bloomed. What?!Our maple tree this week. The parking lot at Canon Mountain ski resortThis picture didn't capture how much the mountain glowedPiles from... Continue Reading →
Zettelkasten, a system for collecting and organizing notes, has been around since the 1500s. Today I'm thinking about ways to utilize it in my own life. Here's my romantic vision: a little office with a desk and a computer in a corner, while the remaining walls are covered, floor to ceiling, with library card catalogs.... Continue Reading →
