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breathing space

breathing space

My #oneword365 for this year is “pause,” and I already love how much even just choosing that word has helped me to slow down, and create some breathing space. Advent is usually my season for that. Quiet nights and twinkle lights are frequently my way in to a slower season, but it didn’t quite pan…

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By Happy, January 20, 2020
munch the mint in your mojitos (and other life hacks for loneliness)

munch the mint in your mojitos (and other life hacks for loneliness)

It surprised me to learn that synonyms for wallow also include words like bask, delight, enjoy, relish, and revel.

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By Happy, August 20, 2019
grace and peace

grace and peace

There is a moment in the services of liturgical churches that is sometimes called “passing the peace.”  Introverts the world over often dread this moment (particularly when it derails into fifteen very long minutes of idle chit-chat) – but done right, this moment can actually have a profound impact. Every Sunday when this moment arrives,…

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By Happy, June 9, 2019
reframing Lent

reframing Lent

I thought about giving something up for Lent this year, but I found I couldn’t do it. Putting my Christmas tree away was difficult enough. Lent got here before I’d gotten used to the darkness again, and I just wasn’t ready to embrace the season in the same ways I have in the past. I’m…

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By Happy, April 10, 2019
seven things on a Saturday, vol. 7

seven things on a Saturday, vol. 7

Happy Saturday, friends! It’s been awhile since I’ve posted, so I thought I’d share some of the things I’ve been doing, reading, watching, and thinking about lately. I have a few other posts in the works, but nothing finished enough to publish yet – and a few more in my head that I hope to…

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By Happy, March 2, 2019
Meet Happy
Simple Felicity is, at its heart, a blog based on the unshakeable belief that happiness really isn't all that complicated. It's often found in the simplest of things: good food, good books, and good company. So those are the things I write about, along with a few other things that really matter to me, including faith and feminism. A bit about me: My name is Happy. I have an amazing talent for misplacing my keys, a deep appreciation for whomever looked at the coffee bean and thought, "Hey, I wonder what would happen if I roasted this?", and road trips to Michigan are pretty much my favorite.
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