Nov 28, 2022 | 30 Days of Joy
Way back in 2011, the writer and pastor Winn Collier offered an invitation to join him in looking for light during Advent. I loved the idea, and I accepted the challenge, and the exercise so richly deepened my experience of the holy season I have continued it every...
Nov 27, 2022 | 30 Days of Joy
There have been so many gorgeous moments over this long holiday weekend, our house filled with grown-up children and dogs and food and stories and games and giggling. Like so many, our family is spread far and wide, and so a coming-together like this is—well—special....
Nov 25, 2022 | 30 Days of Joy
We had literally cooked all day, this being rather a joy in my mountain kitchen, the giant picture windows providing a grand view of the Black Mountains even as I chopped and stirred and whisked. Thanksgiving dinner was to be served 6:30ish, giving plenty of time for...
Nov 23, 2022 | 30 Days of Joy
And just like that, this bit of beauty came into my life and reminded me: Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance. Eckhart Tolle It’s true. Of course it’s true, and as I make my way through the day on...
Nov 22, 2022 | 30 Days of Joy
This right here, this right now is a time I want to savor, standing on the precipice of the holiday season, Thanksgiving within reach and the run to Christmas coming in so hot I can taste it, smell it, feel it. The whole glorious mess stretches out shiny and bubbly...
Jan 10, 2021 | 30 Days of Joy
IT IS THE PERFECT WAY to wrap up these Thirty Days of Joy, doing it with Day Twenty because, well, 2020, and also because my friend Melissa at art4money* posted something that is the absolute, best, most perfect way to dive into the hope that is 2021. I realized when...
