Tales and thoughts from a quiet soul and seeker of simple
I've been making coffee since the age of nine or so and consider it a therapeutic thing. Is that weird? Especially considering I didn't drink coffee until I got hooked on Starbucks in high school, and actually started drinking coffee coffee in college (go figure).** When M and I lived in a dorm, I picked…
I really couldn't find words when I heard, so when I read this I knew I had to reblog it. Thanks sofagirl for your genuine words!
I think humans have always had a fascination with trees. Stories like The Lord of the Rings made trees come alive, and I cannot even begin to name the old legends, myths, and fantasy stories that include some sort of mystical tree-- or even more often-- a human being turned into a tree. This time…
The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton, NY Times Bestseller Genre: Mystery, Historical Fiction Pages: 496 With the onset of cold weather, it is only natural that I find myself actually getting to finish more books in what seems like a never-ending, ever-growing pile of to-reads. I've been waiting and waiting for an opportunity to read…
I have to be honest-- I've never really liked pumpkin... or pumpkin spice anything. I love carving pumpkins and the smell of pumpkin spice lattes and pumpkin pies, but the taste has never been all that appealing to me. So, when I found out M's favorite pie was pumpkin pie, I knew I would have…
I don't know what it is, but after high school, "working out" has become a chore. I used to love running and being outdoors- riding bikes and hiking. I played tennis competitively from the age of 10 through high school. I even had a spurt with yoga in high school and I loved it too…
If my life were a book, which might be an interesting read, I would say I am just now turning from the final page of Chapter 4, and starting that ominous Chapter 5. My thought process is that my elementary years were Chapter 1, middle school years Chapter 2, High School Chapter 3, and Chapter…
My NaNoWriMo Stats So Far: I'm crawling along on that word count! Haha. To be perfectly honest, I am so tempted to scrap the story I am doing for NaNoWriMo. That probably sounds awful (to me it most certainly is!), but I've learned that there are some definite pros and cons to picking up a…
Image found via Pinterest For those of you who don't know, an awesome thing has been happening in the blogisphere for the past few years called NaNoWriMo -AKA National Novel Writing Month. Essentially, writers of all kinds can accept the challenge to write a 50,000 word novel by the end of November. And this year,…
It would be an understatement to say these last few days have been a long process inside my head to rework the way I live each day. I have read many different authors/philosophers, or whatever you would like to call them, say that our society makes us think a lot of nonsense. And perhaps that…
Simply & Softly 