The Monday Before Christmas

Hello! Just a quick drop-in to wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy Chanukah. I have spent the morning roasting vegetables for a Christmas salad, baking candy cane cookies that have become a tradition since Mary shared her recipe with me, planning when I'm going to get an opportunity to clean the house, and... Continue Reading →

2025 Reading Goals

One of my favorite parts of the holiday season is to read about everyone's reading goals for next year. Looking back at my blog, I can see that I didn't actually set any goals in 2024 because I was in a super reading funk at the end of 2023. That mood set me on a... Continue Reading →

Hello to Monday!

Friends, sorry for skipping my Friday updates lately. It seems like I've been running out of steam for the last few weeks! But here I am, morning session of school finished, a walk done, lunch eaten, and am settled at the table before getting on with the rest of the day. I am trying to... Continue Reading →

November Quotes | 2024

I've been keeping daily quotes in my notebooks since September 1st of this year and then sharing them here once the month is over. Inspired by the community at Noted who experimented with this in September, I meant to stop at the end of the month but had so much fun that I kept going!... Continue Reading →

A Monday in December

Friends, I did not mean to disappear in the middle of last week! I thought we were making progress on our sleep schedules but that has now become a regression and we're starting over. This is just an explanation and not a complaint, so don't fret. I'm keeping things in perspective and we're all doing... Continue Reading →

November Reading Review | 2024

Thank you all for your encouraging comments on Monday's post! I've had a string of very good mornings so far and am hopeful for an adjustment in the kids' sleeping schedule. I don't want to jinx it, of course, but it feels like I can finally resume my quiet morning routine? It's been at least... Continue Reading →

Welcome December | 2024

Friends, thank you so much for your warm support in my last post, which was now two weeks ago if you can believe it. I am still feeling quite overwhelmed with all of the holiday brouhaha, the state of American politics, and my responsibilities at home, but I've desperately missed connecting with all of you... Continue Reading →

November 2024 Knitting Update

Hello! This weekend was something. Other than working at the library on Saturday, I spent nearly the entire time either cooking/cleaning or outside. Luckily I had a captivating audiobook keeping me company (In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin) and was able to take my knitting outside as... Continue Reading →

Wednesday Check-In

Hello to Wednesday, friends. How has your week been going? Have you been taking care of yourself? Now is the time to focus on the little things keeping us alive and thriving. Today I'm just doing a quick check-in and sharing some of the behind-the-scenes things I'm working on, including digitizing my book notes and... Continue Reading →

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