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December 6, 2024
Book Recommendation: A Quilt For Christmas
I don’t often read Christmas books because – well, sometimes they seem like they are just thrown out there to get in on the hype of the season and sell books but then end up being not very good. I wanted something that would help kick off the Christmas season, though, so right before Thanksgiving …
December 5, 2024
Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot. Come Link Up With Us This Week!
Hello! Welcome to the Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot – a blog link up for all kinds of posts. This link-up is hosted by Marsha in the Middle, Melynda from Scratch Made Food & DYI Homemade Household, Sue from Women Living Well After 50, and me. Look for the link party to go live on Thursdays at 9:30pm EDT. This …
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Classic Movie Impression: The Rage of Paris (1938)
I stumbled on The Rage of Paris, a movie from 1938, by accident when one movie I was watching on Amazon Prime ended and this one started. I ended up loving it and also fell in love with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. who I had never heard of before this movie. Where had I been? He …
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December 4, 2024
Reflecting on the connection of the Christmas classic ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ to the town I went to high school in
For my husband, part of October and much of November were filled with rehearsals for a radio play version of It’s A Wonderful Life with the local community theater group. The play is like a play within a play. The characters are all supposed to be radio stars from the days when radio was big …
December 3, 2024
10 Christmas books to read this year
|| Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. || (Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends …
December 2, 2024
Comfy, Cozy Christmas Begins!
It’s back! From now until January 2nd, Erin from Still Life, With Cracker Crumbs and I will be sharing all of our cozy holiday posts, about movies, gift guides, baking, books, and other surprises we may have in our stockings! We would love for you to join in with us and share your holiday posts …
December 1, 2024
Sunday Bookends: Getting into the Christmas spirit already
Welcome to my Sunday Morning Chat where I ramble about what’s been going on in my world, what the rest of the family and I have been reading, watching, listening to, and what I’ve been writing. This week I’m joining up with Kimba at Caffeinated Reviewer, Deb at Readerbuzz, and Kathyrn at The Book Date. The Christmas spirit is …
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November 29, 2024
Fiction Friday: Gladwynn Grant Shakes the Family Tree (cozy mystery) excerpt
It feels like forever since I released a Gladwynn book but here I am about to release the third book in the series – Gladwynn Grant Shakes the Family Tree. The book will be released in early 2025 and today I thought I’d share an excerpt to wet your appetite for the next installment. If …
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November 28, 2024
Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot! Come Link With Us!
Hello! Welcome to the Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot – a blog link up for all kinds of posts. This link up is hosted by Marsha in the Middle, Melynda from Scratch Made Food & DYI Homemade Household, Sue from Women Living Well After 50, and me. Look for the link party to go live on Thursdays at 9:30pm EDT. …
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Book review/recommendation: The Secret of the Wooden Lady, A Nancy Drew Mystery
The Secret of the Wooden Lady is the 27th book in the original Nancy Drew series written by – uh, “Carolyn Keene.” Of course, most readers of Nancy Drew know there were a number of people who wrote Nancy Drew, including Mildred Benson and about 27 other authors. This is the eighth book of the …
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