Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, I received a number of emails from last week's letter about dealing with long winter days - it's good to be a part of a community that's encouraging and helps you know you're not alone.😀 A big thing I was reminded of was the power of music to lift our spirits and I need to make more time for music in my life! And a number of people join me in...
18 days ago • 3 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, I'm writing this with low clouds obscuring the hills out our windows and rain continuing to come down (hour 6 so far...). A typical Oregon winter day - oh wait, it's still fall... (I was laughing with Brian about this because the app showed rain all day long, but the precipitation amount was only forecasted to be .3! For an entire day of rain....
25 days ago • 4 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, I hope you had a wonderful holiday and your weekend is shaping up to be a good one! We trekked to a fun tree farm yesterday with some of our other family members (third year in a row - we all get a tree, hot cider, a few ornaments and then head to a nearby family member's house for a lunch of warming soup and good conversation 💜), so I'm all set...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, Well, I had a lot of fun last week filling orders for the two softcover books during my shop's sale! Not only was it personally fulfilling to see these two books I've labored over received well, but Brian and I had fun watching the sales come in and then packaging up each order.💜 Of course even though the sale is over, I still think the canning...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Note: I'm experimenting with ads in the newsletters now as another way to continue to bring free content. Hi Reader, How are you doing? Are you feeling on top of things, right on track, or a little (lot?) behind? If you do sometimes have that feeling in the pit of your stomach that you're behind in something (hand firmly raised), I hope we can both take...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, Oh, did we had some blustery, rainy weather this last week. But that didn't stop us from having our scheduled date night where we had some great BBQ at a local restaurant and then saw the movie, Good Fortune, which I wasn't sure about from the trailer but turned out to be pretty good. The rest of our week was pretty normal, which got me to...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, Oh my goodness, November here we are. 😳 It's so funny - I ordered a few things (like 4 or so) in October for Christmas and patted myself on the back that I started so early. And then as soon as I see it's November I start to panic - there are only weeks left!! It's funny because it's just perception - there is plenty of time, even for ordering...
2 months ago • 5 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, Brian and I have been eating lunches and dinners outside this week whenever it was sunny to take advantage of the last of the nice weather as we brace for a major rain and wind storm over the next week. In the evenings the meal was around the fire pit - we just realized we could have a fire ourselves and not wait for company or an event. What a...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, As soon as the weather starts cooling in the fall I want to start baking. (Well, and using up the rest of the green tomatoes using some of these recipes that are 20% off through the 25th! -discount applied at checkout) There's just something about the cozy fall vibes that make me want to add some delicious smells to the house after a summer of...
2 months ago • 4 min read