Writing the Everyday // day 3: dishes

Clean the sink before dinner to make cooking easier. Wash the cook prep dishes as Ant or the toaster oven or the crock pot cooks the meal. Eat dinner while watching a movie, playing a game, or just the two of us at the dinner table. Put the dinner dishes in the sink, with the … Continue reading Writing the Everyday // day 3: dishes

Quarantine Day 33 // On Writing, Reading, and Doing the Work

Yallwest this year has been cancelled and they switched it to an online event called Y'all Stay Home, to support the quarantine. I spent a lot of time Sunday night looking at the panels and the special events and scrolling through the authors who are participating. I can smell the ocean and the salt. I … Continue reading Quarantine Day 33 // On Writing, Reading, and Doing the Work

Day 2 // Laundry

Dear Laundry, I have loved you as long as I can remember. Well, I've loved the washing and drying and the sorting prior to washing. I have never loved the putting away. When Ant and I got married, I was so excited to sit on the couch and fold laundry while watching a movie or … Continue reading Day 2 // Laundry

Day 1 // Breakfast

Via Ashlee Gad, the creator of Coffee + Crumbs, on her personal Instagram Tuesday night of last week, I was made aware of Callie Feyen's $10 download "Forty Days of Writing the Everyday". I bought it that night and then promptly put it off. And now I have 6 mins (writing this yesterday) before we … Continue reading Day 1 // Breakfast

Margin Notes: My Journey Through the Bible in 2020 // Weeks 2 + 3

This year one of my goals is to read my Bible everyday. I've always thought a chronological Bible would be cool to read and I've been curious to try the Christian Standard Bible (CSB version), so November-ish of last year, I bought one. For the beginning of 2020, I'm starting in EXODUS. And while, 16 … Continue reading Margin Notes: My Journey Through the Bible in 2020 // Weeks 2 + 3

Faith in the Moving

mid-May: I came across the application for More Love Letters (MLL) accepting writers for their blog in a Facebook group. Writing applications for blogs have always scared me. Filling this one out solidly moved me out dreaming about writing for others and firmly into the Writer category.   mid-July: I received an email from More … Continue reading Faith in the Moving