The Blog — Kayla Updike

When Death Isn't the End

When Death Isn't the End

Some say all things die in autumn, but that isn’t always true . . .

Kayla UpdikeSeptember 23, 2025Comment

August

August

In August we all hunger for something . . .

Kayla UpdikeAugust 12, 2025Comment

Bringing You a Cup of Joe

Bringing You a Cup of Joe

Kayla UpdikeFebruary 9, 2023 Comment

How to Start a Fire

How to Start a Fire

Kayla UpdikeFebruary 1, 2023 Comment

Christmas

Christmas

Kayla UpdikeJanuary 12, 2023 Comment

The Glorification of Snow and Cold

The Glorification of Snow and Cold

Kayla UpdikeDecember 17, 2022 Comment

All In Good Knits

All In Good Knits

Kayla UpdikeDecember 14, 2022Comment

Feed the Birds

Kayla UpdikeDecember 6, 2022Comment

The Coming of the Dark

The Coming of the Dark

Kayla UpdikeDecember 4, 2022 Comment

A Winter Merrymaking

A Winter Merrymaking

Kayla UpdikeNovember 28, 2022Comment

The Restless: Autumn Writing & Remembering of Other Worlds

The Restless: Autumn Writing & Remembering of Other Worlds

Kayla UpdikeSeptember 16, 2021 Comment

Lessons From a Greenhouse

Lessons From a Greenhouse

Kayla UpdikeMarch 8, 2021Comment

Like Light and Death

Like Light and Death

Kayla UpdikeJanuary 18, 2021Comment

I Don’t Need to See the End

I Don’t Need to See the End

Kayla UpdikeOctober 30, 2020 Comments

How to Live Slowly By Braving the Hard Work

How to Live Slowly By Braving the Hard Work

Kayla UpdikeSeptember 27, 2020 Comment

I Threw Away Fourteen Years' Worth of My Writing

I Threw Away Fourteen Years' Worth of My Writing

Kayla UpdikeJanuary 11, 2020 Comment

Letting August In

Letting August In

Kayla UpdikeAugust 10, 2019 Comment

Making Home

Making Home

Kayla UpdikeJuly 27, 2019 Comment

The Art of Listening to Nothing

The Art of Listening to Nothing

Kayla UpdikeJanuary 14, 2019Comment

A Prayer In Winter's Dark

A Prayer In Winter's Dark

Kayla UpdikeJanuary 10, 2019Comment