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March 9, 2025

Sunday Bookends: Grandma Ruth, Middle Earth, and Middle Grade March

It’s time for our Sunday morning chat. On Sundays, I ramble about what’s been going on, what the rest of the family and I have been reading and watching, and what I’ve been writing. Some weeks I share what I am listening to. I finished Grandma Ruth Doesn’t Go To Funerals by Sharon Mondragon last week and really enjoyed it. …

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Published on March 09, 2025 09:47

March 8, 2025

A new film event for April! Get ready!

Get ready for April and our Springtime in Paris movie watching! Erin posted all the details over on her blog!
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Published on March 08, 2025 09:45

March 7, 2025

Fiction Friday: Gladwynn Grant Gets Her Footing Chapters 11 and 12

Welcome to a serial fiction series of my book Gladwynn Grant Gets Her Footing, a light cozy mystery. You will be able to read chapters of this book each Friday. You can also find a list of chapters HERE. If you don’t want to wait for the next installment or click through each chapter, and would …

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Published on March 07, 2025 05:51

March 6, 2025

Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot! Come Link Up With Us!

Welcome to the Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot where we offer a place for bloggers to link up and get a fresh set of eyes on their posts. We also feature one blog a week, letting our readers know about the blog and providing a link so readers can learn more about them. Look for the …

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Published on March 06, 2025 18:27

Winter of Fairbanks Jr.: The Sun Never Sets (1939)

This winter I watched Douglas Fairbanks Jr. movies for fun. This week for the last movie of the series,  I watched The Sun Never Sets (1939) starring Douglas, Basil Rathbone, Barbara O’Neil and Virginia Fields. It was directed by Rowland Lee. Before I launch into my feelings about the movie, here is the plot, without …

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Published on March 06, 2025 06:12

March 5, 2025

Hodge Podge: A bit about March, celery, and historical farm shows

I decided to join up with Joyce this week for the Hodge Podge, a feature I like to do but haven’t done in a long time. March has never really stood out to me as a month I like for any reason other than I know it will lead us out of winter and toward …

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Published on March 05, 2025 16:14

Currently March: What am I loving, craving, pinning, planning, and appreciating

Today I am joining up with Jen from My Joyful Life for the Currently post. For March, Jen is asking what we are loving, craving, pinning, planning, and appreciating. This month I am loving that the temperatures are getting warmer, slowly, but surely. I am not a fan of hot weather but I am also …

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Published on March 05, 2025 10:31

March 4, 2025

Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Notable Quotes from Fictional Book Characters

|| Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. || Today’s prompt is: things Characters Have Said (Maybe a character said something really profound or romantic or hilarious or heartbreaking. You could share witty one-liners, mic-drop moments, snippets of funny dialogue between multiple characters, catchphrases, quotes that have become a part of pop culture–like …

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Published on March 04, 2025 07:09

March 1, 2025

Sunday Bookends: Finally an outing and finished a couple of books (also finally)

It’s time for our Sunday morning chat. On Sundays, I ramble about what’s been going on, what the rest of the family and I have been reading and watching, and what I’ve been writing. Some weeks I share what I am listening to. Saturday, the family and I got out of the house for an outing for the first time …

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Published on March 01, 2025 19:45

February 28, 2025

Fiction Friday: Gladwynn Grant Gets Her Footing Chapters 9 and 10

Welcome to a serial fiction series of my book Gladwynn Grant Gets Her Footing, a light cozy mystery. You will be able to read chapters of this book each Friday. You can also find a list of chapters HERE. If you don’t want to wait for the next installment or click through each chapter, and would …

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Published on February 28, 2025 06:31