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Hygge: There’s Something about Tea (Featuring Favorite Tea Quotes)
The day had been particularly trying. My daughter was exhibiting all the finer qualities of being a teenager. With a heavy heart, I forcibly dismissed the incident as growing pains and reminded myself not to take it personally. This is hard when you suspect that your psyche is still hovering over the boundary line between… Read more
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Book Review: The Teacher’s Funeral by Richard Peck
If you’re one of those who love to read about the good old days (it doesn’t matter the decade – as long as it’s not in this millennium), especially if they’re recounted with great wit and humor, then you’ll find The Teacher’s Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts to be an utter delight. The book… Read more
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In the Garden: Blue Ternate
It was market day at this dragonfruit farm up in the mountains. We traveled some two-plus hours to get there, the last stretch of the journey on a narrow dirt road that punished the underside of our vehicles. In our minds, the trip was worth it. We were able to score organic produce at a… Read more
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Book Review: The Penderwicks #1 by Jeanne Birdsall
(*Affiliate links are present throughout this post. If you purchase through them, I get a teeny commission with no extra cost to you. 🙂 ) The first book of the The Penderwicks Series by Jeanne Birdsall is set in summer. It was published in 2005, which, in my mind, is pretty recent, so I consider… Read more
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Book Meme & Book Haul July ’23
As though reality was some kind of poison to our mind and soul, a harsh to our mellow… I needed a booster (do antidotes have boosters?), or more accurately, I came across a booster. My daughter participated in a cosplay event on Saturday. All five of us went, plus my sister-and-law and niece, who are… Read more
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An Introduction – Welcome to This Small Life
“Sometimes I wonder about my life. I lead a small life – well, valuable, but small – and sometimes I wonder, do I do it because I like it, or because I haven’t been brave? So much of what I see reminds me of something I read in a book, when shouldn’t it be the… Read more
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