Simple Living, Homeschooling, Faith, Homemaking, & Books
“We who live in quiet places have the opportunity to become acquainted with ourselves, to think our own thoughts and live our own lives in a way that is not possible for those keeping up with the crowd.” Laura Ingalls Wilder
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We’re currently standing on the precipice of something we cannot fully explain. We can sense it’s coming because it’s impossible to miss the signs that things are not right. At the same time, we don’t know how this “thing” will unfold. We can’t even name this thing we see right before us. We don’t know …
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If you go all the way back to the beginning of this site, I began with writing about simple living. Living a quiet life. Making deliberate choices. Those are the threads of thought that have been woven through virtually everything I’ve written whether it was about faith, parenting, homeschooling, or some other topic. I want …
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I have been asking myself this question for the past few weeks: Are we already in the next Great Depression? I’m far past the point of discussing how we got here and whether or not we did or are doing the right thing. We’re here and we aren’t going back to what was before. The …
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So like all Americans, we are adjusting to this situation. Because we homeschool and are self-employed at home, our life is not disrupted nearly as much as that of many others. For those who are now working from home and their children are no longer going to school, this will be a huge adjustment. Working …
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The goal of my website is to help you create a life of peace, understanding, and joy for you and your loved ones. This is the theme in The Cozy Life Library, the free gift I give when people subscribe. This is continued in the core resource I created and continue to add to – Creating …
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I’ve written before about sentimental items. It’s a fairly common phenomena that people have a difficult time letting go of things because of the emotions attached to them. It might be a special gift from someone or a memento of a specific event. Whatever the underlying reason, people keep items because of past associations connected …
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I don’t always choose a word for a new year, but as I was developing my goals for 2020 (which I’ll be sharing another day), I started thinking about a word that encapsulated so much of what I was thinking about and planning for the year ahead. I settled on “Beautify” for 2020. This was …
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Last weekend my husband and I went shopping in a number of small local businesses in my parents’ hometown. We enjoy going through unique shops because it feeds the artist soul in each of us. We don’t have to purchase anything – it is enough just to look at the design, the fabrics, the packaging, …
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Are you ready to create a quiet simple life? If you are looking for encouragement and ideas, you are in the right place. In this episode we are looking at both quiet and simple. We’ll examine what they mean and what they can look like in our home. Please feel free to leave a comment …
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This was originally published in October 2008 but I’m bumping it up for today. There is an interesting discussion in the comments. It’s fascinating to look at this article and the linked article eleven years later. I’ve been doing some extensive reading and research in anticipation of going on a writing spree about retirement. I …
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I passed my one year anniversary of leaving Facebook a few weeks ago after having thought about it for quite some time. I proved to myself that I don’t need it. I’ve had a few moments when I’ve wondered if I should go back, especially after I had been off it for so long. I …
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I’ve done a few reader surveys over the years, but I realized that I’ve never shared the results. As I was watching the survey answers accumulate over the weekend and on Monday, I thought at least some of you would be interested in the outcome. Some of the results were genuinely interesting. So if you’ve …
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I will still be posting here regularly during the Christmas season, but I didn’t want to miss the opportunity to say Merry Christmas before everyone is immersed in parties and gifts and church and all the good things of the season. This is a special video Christmas greeting I created for you. I hope you …
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This is a wide open question and I truly do want to hear from as many people in my blog community as possible because changes in the law are impacting what I can do online. (More on that below.) Ideally, I would love it if people would answer in the comments so people can build …
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“I do not understand how anyone can live without some small place of enchantment to turn to.” Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
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I’ve been thinking about the simple life in difficult times and how it all fits together. Yesterday I had a bit of an epiphany from, of all places, a Lawrence Welk quote on a calendar: There are good days and there are bad days, and this is one of them. I don’t know about you, …
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I think the internet is one of the greatest inventions ever. Truly. It has profoundly impacted my life for good in so many ways. I met my husband online. I work online. He works online. I have found parenting and homeschooling support online. I’ve made friends from all over the world. Caroline loves playing games …
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I only know the parenting life with a differently wired child so I fully admit that I may be biased with what I am about to say. But I think more than any other child, a differently wired child needs a cozy life. All children will benefit from one. But a differently wired child needs …
