Ah, Reading, Writing, and a View

You get to build your perfect space for reading and writing. What’s it like?

Not much going on out of the ordinary today so let’s answer this one. If I had my ideal setup for reading and writing, it would involve a comfy daybed with a ton of soft pillows to ensure comfort no matter what I’m doing: reading, writing, knitting, or looking at birds, plants, and animals. That’s because the daybed is in the woods! But with climate control and no way for flies, mosquitoes and mice to get in.

Mr. and Mrs. Caracara are disappointed that I’m not building my little room.

Well, it’s a fantasy.

Mrs. C leaves in a huff.

In real life, Apache still walks okay and trotted a little on the lead line. He volunteered. I made him stop. He and I had a nice time with bur removal, too. He’s a friendly fellow and so patient on his new meds. I can’t find the abscess, though.

Dusty sticks his tongue out at my inability to find an issue.

Drew got his assigned exercise today though he wasn’t thrilled. Neither horse will enjoy getting back into shape. But it will pay off.

They don’t get to loll around like Goldie.

In extra mundane news, I’ve managed to misplace next year’s journal. That was the day’s bummer. How can I write in my forest hut with no journal?

Four previous journals. Before this I used large black notebooks for about five years. They’re still packed.

Luckily they still sell them and they are inexpensive, so I ordered more. I like consistency in my record keeping, it appears. I’ll have one in time to set up my beloved bullet journal for a fourth year in a row.

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Author: Sue Ann (Suna) Kendall

The person behind The Hermits' Rest blog and many others. I'm a certified Texas Master Naturalist and love the nature of Milam County. I manage technical writers in Austin, help with Hearts Homes and Hands, a personal assistance service, in Cameron, and serve on three nonprofit boards. You may know me from La Leche League, knitting, iNaturalist, or Facebook. I'm interested in ALL of you!

9 thoughts on “Ah, Reading, Writing, and a View”

  3. When I was very young, I first read Louisa Mae Alcott’s Little Women. Of course, Jo became my hero. In the story she had a reading nook that I’ve always thought would be lovely to have. It iwas a corner of the attic in her house where there was an old fashioned sofa, with extra pillows, facing a window. The description says that she would take a basket of apples 🍎 and a book up to the attic, then snuggle into the sofa and read away an afternoon munching apples. I thought that I would love that place, up above the world, living some wonderful adventure, in my own splendid corner of the world. 📚

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  4. I never realized burr removal was such an ongoing task! If a horse lived in the wild, or somewhere where nobody took care of it, would they eventually look like one giant burr? This almost seems like nature made a mistake…why would horses have all that beautiful hair if it only gets full of burrs they can’t remove by themselves? I ponder such things.

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