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Courtney Ellis

@courtneyellis.bsky.social

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author. birder. pastor married to a pastor. author of Weathering Change, Looking Up, and Uncluttered. host of The Thing with Feathers podcast, about birds and hope. stubbornly kind.

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Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · Jul 3

Creation is constantly in flux—seasons, tides, migration, life cycles. Witnessing the ways nature weathers change offers wisdom in how we might do the same.

So excited to announce my new book, Weathering Change. Preorder yours today!

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Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 4h

Researching whether the venue of the super cool music act you’re going to see has chairs is peak middle-aged person.

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I’ll have to look for it!

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It was all ladies, JOSHUA

Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 6h

Bahaha

Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 6h

Are we line dancing? At church? Heck yes we are.

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Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 7h

Wet hawks sitting grumpily on light posts after a storm is one of my favorite birding genres.

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Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 9h

Yep! Why?

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*Marked safe from hosting a 6yo’s birthday party*

Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 13h

Just passed 200 ratings on GoodReads! You all are the best!

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Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 1d

I definitely did think of Ruth. 😆

Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 1d

Cheers to that!

Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 1d

HYPOTHETICALLY

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Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 1d

Oh heavens, that’s a terrifying thought.

Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 1d

One thing about wearing a skirt you love and feel really cute in is that you should check and make sure you didn’t accidentally tuck it into your underwear before you meet someone for lunch.

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Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 1d

One of the fun things about marriage is that sometimes you buy each other a new water heater for Christmas.

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Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 2d

It was so many. And it’s only half her class. I drew the line at inviting all the boys too. We have a small house!

Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 2d

My husband: We did it.

Me: 16 six-year-olds.

Him: Two hours of birthday fun.

Me: They were very sweet.

Him: Our daughter felt so loved.

Me: And also…

Him: We do not pay first grade teachers NEARLY enough.

Me: Amen.

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Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 2d

Favorite moment of my daughter’s 7th birthday today was a tie between when a 6yo took over one of the games and ran it better than I could and when another 6yo handed my daughter a present and said, “You’re gonna love it. Plus it was REALLY cheap.”

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Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 2d

*blushes* (But SO agreed about Ruth!)

Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 2d

Daryl and the kids were camping all weekend but guess what, our water heater sprung a leak and then died, so SO WAS I.

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Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 4d

Both.

Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 4d

Noooooo volume control.

Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 4d

Literary children, what can I say?

Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 4d

My 6yo: I WROTE MY FIRST BOOK
Me: Oh wonderful! Would you like to read it to me?
6yo: CHAPTER ONE - MY FAMILY IS WEIRD

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Courtney Ellis @courtneyellis.bsky.social · 5d

Why are we tucking in the shirts all of a sudden?

I didn’t carefully grow this midsection over many perimenopausal years in order to highlight it, thank you very much.

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