A Season for Advent
I can’t believe yesterday was the first Sunday of Advent. And although that means Christmas is coming up fast, it’s also a time to slow down and look inward and enjoy the peace of the coming winter months.
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The Hungry {Romance} Writer: Slow Cooker Turkey Dumpling Soup
The day after Thanksgiving is always one of my favorite days of the year. It’s a day where we all rest, eat leftover pie, and do something fun like go on a hike or head to our favorite thrift shop in the mountains. Then we regroup for a family-style dinner. And this year I’m serving Turkey Dumpling Soup.
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Happy Thanksgiving
I just want to wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving! I hope this day, and the rest of your year, is filled with love, laughter, and more blessings than you can count. To help you celebrate, I’ve added one of my favorite Thanksgiving poems to this post.
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Gratitude Journaling
Since Thanksgiving is tomorrow, I thought I’d share one of my favorite practices for this time of year. There are many types of journals–diaries, travel journals, food journals, etc, but there’s another kind of journal that does more than keep track of your life. There’s a journaling practice that’s been proven to reduce stress and improve happiness. It’s known as Gratitude Journaling.
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A Feast for Music
November isn’t just a month to give thanks for our blessings, it’s also offers us a day set aside to celebrate Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music and musicians. Saint Cecilia, a Roman noblewoman who lived in Rome during the 3rd century, was one of the earliest Christian martyrs.
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Sarah Munro’s Autumn Chai
When the weather gets colder, I tend to crave hot drinks with warming spices. And when those spices offer immunity-building elements, I’m even happier. Chai tea is one of my favorite drinks in the winter, and this recipe in particular is one of my favorites.
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The Hungry {Romance} Writer: Chicken & Leek Pot Pies
Chicken & Leek Pot Pies makes a filling meal that can be eaten around a fire pit or just outside on a cold Autumn night. I often serve this meal with a green salad and follow up with one of my favorite Fall desserts
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NaNoWriMo Check-in & Rest
NaNoWriMo Week 3 is almost over, and we’re more than halfway through the month. I’m not going to talk about word count or anything else about our manuscripts. Today I want to talk about the concept of Rest.
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Prep & Plan: Autumn Garden Tasks
It’s that time of year again, at least for most of the country. Frost is looming (if not already here) and it’s time to do a final clean up in the garden. Below I’ve listed some of the top tasks to consider in order to protect your garden from the winter and to prepare it for the spring.
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Sarah Munro’s Forest Blend Bathroom Spray
‘Tis the season for guests. That means we need to prep our homes–especially our bathrooms–for an onslaught of visitors. Since things sometimes don’t go as we hope in the bathroom (pun intended!), it’s not a bad idea to provide your guests with a preemptive strike–a bathroom spray that helps keep down unwanted odors.
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A Letter of Thanksgiving
Edward Winslow was not the most popular of the Mayflower’s passengers. In fact, his life in the Plymouth Colony ended because the rest of the passengers betrayed him. He wasn’t a politician, he wasn’t rich, and he had no ulterior motives when in the summer of 1620 he decided to head to the New World.
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A Time for Martinmas
Once upon a time, the world used a different calendar called the Julian calendar During this time, Samhain aka Halloween occurred on November 11 instead of October 31. November 11 is still known as Martinmas.
