Loved this Sarah 🥰 Thank you for reminding me why my mantra for January is "slow and steady".. Im currently reading (and loving) Wintering 🤗 Thank you for the gorgeous playlist 🎶💙
You’re so welcome, Eva! Apologies for the late reply. I fear I’ve been “overwintering” if there’s such a thing. Glad you’re enjoying Katherine’s book and my playlist 🥰
I really like the sound of what you are planning. I am in a liminal space at the moment. The space that comes from leaving a professional role and what comes next. My word for 2026 is wordsmith. I am going to do lots more writing and creating. I also want to pursue some research and putting together art and poetry in an electronic format. Not sure how at the moment.
Oh and I love your word of the year. I *think* I’ve decided on mine (or certainly the feeling I want to conjure up) but plan to sit with it for a while longer…
Loving hearing about your research threads, retreats and submissions Sarah, and keeping my fingers crossed for you with it all! Thank you for the creative wintering prompts, which feel very timely as I start to think about where I want to focus my limited writing time and energy in 2026. Hope you have a restful and nourishing festive pause.
Thanks, Ellen. I’ve been applying for lots of different opportunities as I figure I’ll get more rejections than successful outcomes! Got a big knock back from Scottish Book Trust on Friday (last day before holidays) so that was nice 🙃
Enjoying reading about your applications and endeavours but I’m too nervous to share specifics. Not sure why as I’ve always been fairly open…perhaps because this feels so personal compared with sharing what’s happening BTS in the studio? I think I struggle with writing rejections more than in any other capacity.
Which is why I’m glad to be surrounding myself with others. It makes a big difference! Enjoy the rest of the holidays 💛
What a fruitful sounding year, and spring ahead - and a perfect hunkering down right now for winter. Excited to follow your journey next, Sarah, but have a gorgeous chilled festive time in the meantime x
A lovely read Sarah, as always, and I’m loving the sound of your writing projects especially - there have been one or two ancestor-led stories nudging into my creative space recently so my ears are pricked…! Enjoy your spacious wintering 🧡
The ancestral threads are like spaghetti but I’m going to do my very best to unwind them! Sending good wishes for the festive season and the year ahead 💛
Thanks, Erin. Hope we can connect again in 2026. Sorry we didn’t quite manage that second coffee this side of Christmas. Wishing you and your family a cosy one 🥰💛
Wishing you rest Sarah. I have been thinking quote a bit about your seasonal approach and this year I have written my Christmas posts and scheduled them to give me a rest too. Thank you for the recommendations.
Really appreciate you sharing this. I’ve been thinking a lot about authorship of our energy and I’m forever learning that tending to ourselves isn’t a retreat from our work. So glad you’ve scheduled a few things to give yourself space.
Loved this Sarah 🥰 Thank you for reminding me why my mantra for January is "slow and steady".. Im currently reading (and loving) Wintering 🤗 Thank you for the gorgeous playlist 🎶💙
You’re so welcome, Eva! Apologies for the late reply. I fear I’ve been “overwintering” if there’s such a thing. Glad you’re enjoying Katherine’s book and my playlist 🥰
I really like the sound of what you are planning. I am in a liminal space at the moment. The space that comes from leaving a professional role and what comes next. My word for 2026 is wordsmith. I am going to do lots more writing and creating. I also want to pursue some research and putting together art and poetry in an electronic format. Not sure how at the moment.
Oh and I love your word of the year. I *think* I’ve decided on mine (or certainly the feeling I want to conjure up) but plan to sit with it for a while longer…
I was chatting with a friend the other day about trusting the unseen, which I think speaks to our experiences of being between places.
Loving hearing about your research threads, retreats and submissions Sarah, and keeping my fingers crossed for you with it all! Thank you for the creative wintering prompts, which feel very timely as I start to think about where I want to focus my limited writing time and energy in 2026. Hope you have a restful and nourishing festive pause.
Thanks, Ellen. I’ve been applying for lots of different opportunities as I figure I’ll get more rejections than successful outcomes! Got a big knock back from Scottish Book Trust on Friday (last day before holidays) so that was nice 🙃
Enjoying reading about your applications and endeavours but I’m too nervous to share specifics. Not sure why as I’ve always been fairly open…perhaps because this feels so personal compared with sharing what’s happening BTS in the studio? I think I struggle with writing rejections more than in any other capacity.
Which is why I’m glad to be surrounding myself with others. It makes a big difference! Enjoy the rest of the holidays 💛
Sending some light your way! May your winter be just what you need in this moment.
Thanks, Jillian. Wishing you a gentle one too 💛 with some toddler play thrown in for good measure!
What a fruitful sounding year, and spring ahead - and a perfect hunkering down right now for winter. Excited to follow your journey next, Sarah, but have a gorgeous chilled festive time in the meantime x
Thanks, Clare. Wishing you and your family a cosy festive season too 🥰💛
Have a cosy wintering, Sarah! I hope you get exactly what you need. 🧡
Thanks, Nadja. Wishing the same for you as you cross your own thresholds 💛
Thanks so much for the lovely zine, which arrived today! Hope you have a good rest.
So pleased it arrived! Hope you get the chance to read a few of the pieces over winter ❄️
A lovely read Sarah, as always, and I’m loving the sound of your writing projects especially - there have been one or two ancestor-led stories nudging into my creative space recently so my ears are pricked…! Enjoy your spacious wintering 🧡
The ancestral threads are like spaghetti but I’m going to do my very best to unwind them! Sending good wishes for the festive season and the year ahead 💛
Lovely reflections as ever Sarah, rest easy this winter xx
Thanks, Erin. Hope we can connect again in 2026. Sorry we didn’t quite manage that second coffee this side of Christmas. Wishing you and your family a cosy one 🥰💛
Peaceful midwinter dear Sarah, see you soon xx
Enjoy your winter…
Thank you…hoping the winter brings a bit of a rest and reset all round!
Wishing you rest Sarah. I have been thinking quote a bit about your seasonal approach and this year I have written my Christmas posts and scheduled them to give me a rest too. Thank you for the recommendations.
Really appreciate you sharing this. I’ve been thinking a lot about authorship of our energy and I’m forever learning that tending to ourselves isn’t a retreat from our work. So glad you’ve scheduled a few things to give yourself space.