Books, Writing, & The Cozy Life
We just finished the last full week of 2019! How can that be?! This has been an amazing year for me in so many ways. But I'm looking forward to 2020 and for nature's cycle to begin again. Today we're being blanketed in snow and in a few months we'll start to see the crocuses... Continue Reading →
Have you ever heard of a morning basket? It's a concept that's big in the homeschooling community - it's a basket of books and activities that help the family ease into a day of learning and fun. Well, I have my own version of a mommy morning basket. It sits in a dark corner of... Continue Reading →
Christmas is this week! We have everything that we're going to buy and it's all wrapped up, so that piece is finished. There's still cleaning and cooking to do, but at least we have until Wednesday and my husband is off until Thursday. It will be a team effort! I did my best to soak... Continue Reading →
We are halfway through December! Christmas is less than ten days away - I hope you're feeling peace and calm and not frenzy. Now that I type these words, I'm feeling my heartbeat tick up just a bit when I think of all of the wrapping and prepping that I still need to do. But... Continue Reading →
Happy Monday! This season is tough for so many reasons despite the fact that it's supposed to be the happiest time of the year. I hope you're all taking little bites of time for yourself and finding ways to fill your own bucket, even if only a little bit at a time. One of the... Continue Reading →
April was a killer month for me - I'm pretty sure that I was sick for at least three solid weeks of it and I completely fell out of most of my habits. Today is May 1st and I just finished this wonderful books on habits, so I'm thinking about how to find a nice... Continue Reading →
"What is a recipe for sauerkraut doing in my notebook? What kind of magpie keeps this notebook?"On Keeping a Notebook, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, page 138, Joan Didion Thanks to Nina Lacour's podcast On Keeping a Notebook, I've been reconsidering my previous animosity for Joan Didion. I read The Year of Magical Thinking a few years... Continue Reading →
You just can't beat the flexibility of a bullet journal. I left for a while and used other methods, but now I'm back with a vengeance! Some months I may only use the monthly tracker. Some weeks I might need a weekly spread. Some days I might want to draw out a daily spread. It... Continue Reading →
I love bullet journaling. I love the flexibility to make it what you want or need. I've been extremely minimalist lately because I can throw together this monthly layout in just a few minutes and it serves nearly all of my needs for the entire month. No getting out a ruler and trying to draw... Continue Reading →
Returning to book blogging is hard work! There are so many tiny little tasks that need to be accomplished - updating a neglected Goodreads account, remembering the rhythm of memes, remembering how to even use wordpress, reconnecting with old friends with my tail between my legs, etc. It's a reminder of how much work I put... Continue Reading →
The Cozy Burrow 