Warm Weather Hygge
By definition, hygge (hooga) according to the Denmark website is about "taking time away from the daily rush to be together with people you care about - or even by yourself - to relax and enjoy life's quieter pleasures." There's a fun little book I read on vacation back in 2018 called The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living and I loved it so much, I bought one as soon as I got back. There was actually nothing more relaxing than reading that little book curled up on the couch in the sunroom with a cup of tea and is one of my favorite memories of that trip. Many tend to associate this practice in the cooler months of Fall and Winter because it tends to focus on the act of being cozy. Snuggling under a blanket, enjoying a warm, healing cup of tea by the fireplace (or fireplace on TV ), lighting a favorite candle while doing a calming hobby like cross stitch or scrapbooking. Being a hyggephant, I can tell you that I never associated warm wea...
I have to say seeing my brother's face on my own feed a little more than a day later did the same thing to me. I hate Google's algorithm. It knows too much!
ReplyDeleteFinding out spark was closing was the last big one for me.
ReplyDeleteCovid separated us from my inlaws quite a bit and its continued. Found out on FB I have a new great niece and didn't know she was pregnant! Very sad
ReplyDeleteI would have to say the SparkPeople thing was a huge shock that threw me for a loop as well.
ReplyDeleteMr: Ugh, I didn't know he haunted your feed too! NOT cool!
ReplyDeleteAL: I agree!
Dawn: So sorry to hear that. I feel like Covid has accelerated some family breakdown situations from what I'm hearing.
Woodsy: Sure did. :-(