Talena Winters 4/19/22 Talena Winters 4/19/22

Ten Reasons My Life is Great Anyway

My life took an unexpected turn last week that has inserted a great deal of stress into it. This is the result of a reminder to focus on the things that are still great in my life.

Talena Winters 3/11/19 Talena Winters 3/11/19

Finding Gratitude in a Week of Highs And Lows

It’s been a strange week. And by “strange,” I mean it was like there were an extra six really-high highs and kinda-sucky lows stuffed into it without much of a breather between one or the other. So, for posterity, here are the highlights, and a moment to be grateful, too.

Talena Winters 10/29/18 Talena Winters 10/29/18

7 Favourite Fall Things

Sweaters on Pinterest and other knitting geekery, books, writing, simple comforts, and other joys of autumn. Here’s what’s been inspiring me.

Talena Winters 1/31/18 Talena Winters 1/31/18

7 Things: The Busy Writer’s Edition

Obligatory blog update. Mostly about writing. But also with a motivational Facebook Live video and guest post mention, in case you missed it. ;-)

Talena Winters 11/11/17 Talena Winters 11/11/17

7 Moments: What's Been Keeping Me Busy

A photo essay of what's been filling up my blog silence.

Talena Winters 10/2/17 Talena Winters 10/2/17

The Most Important Man In My Life

Happy birthday to my amazing husband. A roundup of a few of the reasons I love him, and some photos, too.

Talena Winters 7/21/17 Talena Winters 7/21/17

7 Things: Books for Summer

Okay, so I know that summer is already almost half over. (What? I know, right?) But there are still six more weeks for summer reading--you've got plenty of time! (Six of the seven are indie authors or were published by small presses, and several are by Canadian authors. Can you guess which ones?)

Talena Winters 5/1/17 Talena Winters 5/1/17

7 Things I'm Grateful For

Wow, so much has happened last week/will be happening this week that I'm going to be posting a couple times this week. For today, because it's Monday, because it's been a while, and because I'm much better at posting these moments on Instagram and Facebook than keeping my blog updated, here's a 7 Things summary of what's been going on.

Talena Winters 9/15/16 Talena Winters 9/15/16

7 Moments to Remember

A collection of my favourite daily moments in the last 1-2 weeks.

Talena Winters 2/23/16 Talena Winters 2/23/16

7 Awesome Canadian Things

Shows, artists, labels, memes, and, of course, tea!

Talena Winters 1/23/16 Talena Winters 1/23/16

7 Awesome Things

7 awesome, geeky, eye-candy-ish things to enjoy. Happy Saturday!

Talena Winters 1/6/16 Talena Winters 1/6/16

If I'm Going to Save the World Today, Maybe I Should Put On Some Pants

When everything extraneous has been stripped from your life by a loss, and you are left naked and broken, sometimes just getting your pants on in the morning is a big deal. But you look for those moments that you see progress, too. Moving forward, whether in small steps, or giant leaps--in the end, that's the only thing I can really ask of myself.