TY - BOOK AU - Merrill,Paola TI - The cottage fairy companion: a cottagecore guide to slow living, connecting to nature, and becoming enchanted again SN - 9781642509793 PY - 2022///] CY - Coral Gables, FL PB - Yellow Pear Press KW - Slow life movement KW - Mindfulness (Psychology) KW - Simplicity KW - Home economics KW - Seasonal cooking KW - Baking KW - Handicraft KW - Self-help publications KW - lcgft KW - Illustrated works N1 - Introduction: A bit about me --; Spring --; Summer --; Autumn --; Winter --; Conclusion N2 - "Romanticize your life anywhere. The Cottage Fairy Companion helps readers open their eyes to the everyday magic right in front of them. It gives a new perspective by revealing the lessons nature teaches about finding beauty through the good times and the bad. Everyone from--city-dwellers to country bobkins--can find delight in this book. It shows that you do not need a cottage in the rustic countryside to achieve a cottagecore aesthetic, or to apply aspects of slow living to your daily life. Use mindfulness for healing and fulfillment. Paola Merrill, author and creator behind the popular YouTube channel The Cottage Fairy, left a hectic life in the city for the rural mountains in search of a deeper connection to herself and the world. She learned that nature is the biggest teacher of all--if we open our eyes to its wisdom. Mindful living can be applied in most walks of life, and Merrilĺs writing encourages you to find healing and fulfillment, wherever you are"-- ER -