A Quiet Simple Life with Sallie Borrink
Cozy and Simple Living, Homeschooling, Faith, Homemaking, & Books
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Last week I wrote about Letting Go of Who You Were to Find Out Who You Are Now. I’ve been thinking about these topics quite a bit lately. In the process, I ran across this quote: “Because how we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” Annie Dillard People often talk …
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It is actually quiet in my home at this moment. I know it would seem that with only three of us living here that it must be quiet all the time, but this morning and early afternoon was just loud. I think it is because Caroline has been sick with a nose and throat thing …
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I want to write something here. I want to send out an email to my tiny remnant that re-upped their subscription when I changed email providers. (And I do mean tiny. Over 93% of my email list did NOT re-up. That’s not a typo. Less than 7% did. They are the tiny, faithful remnant.) If …
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It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. Yes, the past couple of weeks have been such a roller coaster as you can probably tell by the lack of much new content here. I thought about it every day. Many days I was working behind the scenes. Some days I just …
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I realize it is going to be challenging to write this post without coming off like a total jerk. But I’m going to try. And I also want to apologize to the people who sent really kind emails and haven’t received a reply. I simply wasn’t in the mood to write emails this weekend. But …
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When David was downsized out of his corporate job many years ago, one of our goals was to structure our work life in such a way that we would be freer in the autumn. It is our favorite time of the year and we wanted to travel and enjoy all the unique aspects of the …
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This week we enjoyed living life. We’ve been doing school all summer so we continued with it this week. We also took the time to cross off one of Caroline’s summer to do list items – a visit to the Grand Rapids Public Museum. So on to the pictures! A few weeks ago I won …
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Sometimes I like to call upon the collective wisdom of the women who read this site. Today is one of those days. A couple of things have happened in the past few weeks that make me wonder how other people make decisions regarding the safety of their tweens and teens. The New York Times had …
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Caroline and I are both longing for the cooler, rainy days of fall. I’ve looked wistfully at the fireplace many times the past week, knowing that we won’t be able to use it for probably many weeks yet. We’ve been doing our best to combat the relentless sun, heat, and humidity with little things like …
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Shortly before Memorial Day, I compiled a plan of publishing content here 100 days in a row over the summer. So that obviously didn’t pan out for a whole host of reasons. But we’ve had an enjoyable summer filled with important events and that’s better than blogging every day, don’t you think? So in random …
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It’s going to be a very hot and humid July week. We’re planning on enjoying lots of at-home activities to beat the heat. Here is a peak around our cozy home! Caroline and I haven’t done much poetry in our homeschool so that’s something we’re doing this summer. I bought Anna Growing Up on the …
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As I’ve been looking through old posts, I realized that I’ve actually shared very little from our family life. I’ve written more about issues, things I’m learning, helping people solve problems, and encouraging others. But I haven’t shared much about our day to day activities of pursuing a cozy life and bringing peace, understanding, and …
