sustain, 5 november 2020
I’m sitting here, wrapped in fleece and contemplating the steam curling from my tea, thinking about what I’m asking of myself. I’m attempting NaNoWriMo for the second time, thus far somewhat more successfully than my first go around. I’m toying with the idea of a YouTube channel, so I have been brainstorming and beginning to…
the daily june: june thirteenth | introducing summer, the hardest season to capsule
It feels odd to be writing a post about my summer capsule when it is, in fact, pouring rain outside – we have a full-on storm overhead, complete with lightning and those cracking, rolling hits of thunder that do make me wonder if our little house is sturdy enough to handle this kind of weather.…
the daily june: june twelfth | diary of a day
7:22 am I’m tired this morning, but it’s a quiet tired – a calm tired. The sun is hitting the bedroom window with more than a little love; the rest of the house is a haze of redirected sunlight, blue skies peeking through curtains and whispering, “Good morning, good morning, good morning.” I want coffee.…
the daily june: june eleventh | what i’m reading this week
I’ve had the urge, of late, to share on a weekly basis what it is I’m sinking my literary teeth into. This is the first of what will likely be a weekly series to share and chat about the books I’m reading (and likely also articles and anything else that I’m sure falls into this…
the daily june: june tenth | my daily, weekly, and monthly planning systems
Contrary to what my consistently enormous to-do lists suggest, I’m not one to overschedule my days. Unless life has fully sucked me into a whirlwind of appointments, social commitments, meetings, and deadlines, I find comprehensive time-blocking does not do me any favours – unless I’ve totally overcommitted myself, which has been known to happen every…
the daily june: june ninth
For the month of June, I’ll be posting a blog post every day on the living hours. May was a whirlwind, and I’m itching to delve back into my world of words. I couldn’t, however, begin this month of daily posting without first acknowledging what is happening in the world right now, and the fact…
capsule wardrobe-ing: the loungewear edition
I like to think that my wardrobe is relatively successful, all things considered. I don’t keep clothes I don’t wear regularly unless they’re special occasion pieces, or they have enough sentimental value that I’ve made a very conscious, “This is on purpose and not because I’m overgenerous with my nostalgia!” decision to keep them. I’ve…
diary of a day: march 23, 2020
7:27 am I wake up slowly, with the sunrise. I don’t get out of bed until the light is leaking, in dozens of little windows, across the hall outside the bedroom door. It gilds my kitchen window. My bathroom sink. The half-wall between kitchen and living room, staining its oak a brilliant bronze. I pull…
shop your bookshelf: books to be read
If you’re anything like me, you collect books the way magpies collect shinies – almost indiscriminately. Library booksales? I leave with a stack in the double digits. The local bookstore with the lovely large poetry section? Sign me up. Secondhand classics discarded in university hallways at the end of the semester? Oh, baby. In a…
an ideal morn: my morning routine
It’s early. 6:47 AM. I’m yawning, sleepy. I desperately want a coffee without having to get out of my warm bed. I also need to go to the bathroom. Up we get. My mornings are precious. My partner sleeps in later than I do, so those soft sunrise hours are quiet and stunning, chilly and…
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