My Favourite Articles and Links This W​e​e​k

The gifts of deep listening.

Oh my gosh, this is breathtaking and wonderful. Let’s go for a walk in the woods, lie in a meadow, watch rain make rings on a lake.

Mental health tools to help get through the long winter ahead.

This woman’s pandemic project of making tiny settings for her backyard chipmunk brings me SO MUCH JOY.

What Thanksgiving means to indigenous North Americans. A beautiful, heartbreaking essay.

My Favourite Pins This Week

I came across this recipe on Pinterest while looking for something new (but easy and fast) to do with chicken breasts for dinner, and holy smokes this is now going to be a regular thing. I was amazed at how tender and juicy this was for baked chicken breast, and the flavour was wonderful! Pair it with a couple of sides and you are good to go- I made some homemade french fries and salad, but whatever you want to pair this with, it’s going to work. Pinterest link is here, and the full recipe is over here.

Brownie cookies are the absolute best thing to bake for a chocolate lover, hands down. Easy, giftable, and so delightfully snackable, these cookies are really delicious and nail that brownie texture but in a cookie’s delightful shape. Pinterest link is here, and the full recipe can be found here.

I haven’t seen this before, but it’s SUCH a great idea- crocheted mini balls! Those aren’t tiny pom poms – they are small crocheted balls, strung onto string to make a garland. Isn’t that so pretty? It would be beautiful to customize one for your tree, or swag across a mantel, or decorate a bedroom, or anything, really. All the colour possibilities! Pinterest link is here, and the full DIY and instructions are here.

This would be so pretty for adding books to an area of your home, or to gift! The pieces aren’t big either, and would be a great project to DIY. Pinterest link is here, and the full step-by-step instructions are over here.

I love this idea for a seasonal chandelier! It would be so pretty over a dining table, or even in an entryway if that space makes more sense for your set up. I love how these ornaments are really highlighted in this, don’t you? Pinterest link is here, and the full DIY is here.

Have a great weekend, everyone. I hope you enjoy a tasty treat, enjoy that early December feeling, and do something that makes you feel wonderful.

xo Julie