Skip to content

Menu
  • Home
  • About
  • My Books
  • Other Writing
  • My Photography
  • Blog Roll
  • Simple Happy
Menu

Tag: stillness

Upon Accidentally Watching the News

Posted on November 27, 2021 by Linda Hoye

I accidentally watched the local news the other night. Well, “accidentally” may be a misnomer, but it came about because the girls were out at supper time. With just Gerry and me at home, we fell back into our old pattern of tuning in to the local news at 5:00. I had to walk away…

Read more

It’s a Good Life

Posted on May 27, 2021 by Linda Hoye

I have three large flower pots near the front door with dark purple, black, and white petunias and potato vine; two in the back yard and one on the deck with geraniums and pansies; a hanging basket filled with a variety of multi-coloured blooms on the upper deck; two rectangular planters with sweet peas already…

Read more

Boxing Day

Posted on December 26, 2020 by Linda Hoye

I’ve always enjoyed Boxing Day. It’s quiet and low key—a day of books, jigsaw puzzles, and leftovers. This year Boxing and Christmas Days look much the same, but still there is a sense of exhaling this morning. A hint of reflection and intention with a measure of rumination. There are things to do, but not yet….

Read more

Lingering

Posted on November 13, 2020 by Linda Hoye

It’s Friday again—or is it already—and I consider pulling together another Friday’s Fave Five post but can’t muster the effort. It’s been a week. One of those weeks. A week that included a meltdown precipitated by lack of sleep, lack of routine, and no lack of overthinking. Throw in a dash of the news cycle,…

Read more

Mid-Summer

Posted on July 30, 2020July 30, 2020 by Linda Hoye

It’s hot. Kamloops summer hot. Oh, how we love it! I head to the garden early to harvest beautiful tri-colour beans. Back home I wash, snap, blanch, and tuck them in freezer bags. I sit on the deck and read what was once my favourite book (The Velvet Room by Zilpha Keatley Snyder). I lost…

Read more
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • …
  • 6
  • Next

About Me

I’m a wife, mom, grandma, adoptee, Yorkie mom, writer, reader, photographer, gardener, and (after a 50-year absence) a grateful Saskatchewan resident. I work at looking past what’s ordinary to see that which is anything but. I believe joy sparkers abound when we remain open to seeing them!

.

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Popular Posts

  • Friday's Fave Four - September 22
  • Canning - Coleslaw
  • Canning - Sungold Tomato Jam
  • Canning Sweet Garlic Dill Pickles
  • A Simple Happy Afternoon
  • Guest Post - Barbara Techel |The Sweet Stillness of Being
  • Our Homes
  • For the Birds
  • Seasons of Change
  • Twelve Months Left on the Retirement Countdown Chain

Archives

Blogging Friends

  • Ally – The Spectacled Bean
  • Anne – Modern Mrs. Darcy
  • April – Writing and Other Acts of Faith
  • Barb – Barbara Fuller, Author
  • Barb – Joyful Paws
  • Barbara – Stray Thoughts
  • Brenda – It's Still a Beautiful Life
  • Carmen – Bubbling Springs
  • Carol – Carol Bodensteiner's Blog
  • Cathy – Knee Deep in Weeds
  • Coffee On the Porch With Me
  • Dora – The Occasional Weblog of Dora Dueck
  • Faith – Gold in the Clouds
  • Introvert , Dear
  • Joanna – Gladsome Lights
  • Judy – My Front Porch
  • Karen – Over the Backyard Fence
  • Laurie – Tuesdays With Laurie
  • Len – 20 Minutes a Day
  • Linda – Spiritual Memoirs 101
  • Linda Stoll
  • Lynn – Inspiring Authentic Living for Midlife Women
  • Lynne – Any Shiny Thing
  • Madeline – Choices
  • Marian – Plain and Fancy
  • Martha – Postcards in the Air
  • Pat – Pat Bean's Blog
  • Pat – Pat Bean's Blog
  • Rhonda – Down to Earth
  • Sherrey – Life in the Slow Lane
  • Shirley – Magical Memoir Moments
  • Susan – Susan J. Tweit
  • Susanne – Living to Tell the Story
  • Wendy – Wendy's Waffle
  • Willow – Willow's Cottage

Goodreads Bookshelf: Read

2023 Reading Challenge

2023 Reading Challenge
Linda has
completed her goal of reading
30 books in
2023!
hide
38 of 30 (100%)
view books

Copyright © 2008-2023 Linda Hoye

All photos are mine unless otherwise indicated.

Tags

acrylic painting adoption afternoon autumn camp G & G canning contentment creativity everyday faith family five minute Friday flowers garden gratitude home intention kitchen memories morning moving night pandemic photography place prairie prayer presence of absence quiet reading Saskatchewan seasons silence simple happy simplicity solitude spring stillness Sunday today vacation watercolour winter wisdom writing

Community

  • derrienendrien
  • tubasarwat
  • April Yamasaki
  • Iris
  • Martha Slavin
  • Gloria Ortiz
  • Ally Bean
  • Mystique
  • marianbeaman
  • Leanne
  • Sheryl
  • Edge of Humanity Magazine
  • Sherrey Meyer
  • Letty
  • Inner Peace
  • TheHomeWanderer
  • Carmen
  • edwardlorilla2365towerbloggercom
  • aprilml
  • Leif Price
  • Maria Vincent Robinson
  • Laurie Hill
  • Judy Radin
  • crazYoung wildlife
  • Daily Kitchen Witch
  • Karen
  • Norther
  • HoBo Movie
  • gregorybfoulkes
  • maflake
  • sudarshanasinha29599
  • marchett
  • Paige Adams Strickland
  • lemonjooz
  • faitheturner
  • karen
  • netablogs
  • mizlatea
  • VJ
  • Judy Sheer Watters
  • Brenda @ It's A Beautiful Life
  • Laurie
  • Leona
  • Linda Hoye
  • Stephen Gilkeson
  • GretchenJoanna
  • cdjdhj1979
  • melanomamama
  • lindawis
  • Karen Toews
©2023 Linda Hoye