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September 5, 2024

Comfy, Cozy Cinema: What We Did On Our Holiday

Last year Erin from Still Life, With Cracker Crumbs and I watched comfy cozy movies during the fall and we are doing it again this year. This week we watched What We Did On Our Holiday (2014). I wasn’t sure what to expect of this one but chose it based on the trailer I saw …

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Published on September 05, 2024 06:31

September 3, 2024

Top Ten Tuesday: Fiction Books Involving Food (That Are Not Cookbooks)

|| Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. || Today’s prompt: Books Involving Food (That are Not Cookbooks) (Submitted by Cathy @ WhatCathyReadNext and Hopewell’s Public Library of Life) I read a lot of cozy mysteries and many of them focus on food in one way or another – the main character owns a …

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Published on September 03, 2024 10:29

September 2, 2024

Our Summer in Photos

Since we are now into “Meteorological Autumn”, I thought I’d share our summer in photos today for fun….
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Published on September 02, 2024 09:01

September 1, 2024

Sunday Bookends: I think Summer is really over..I think…and lots of mysteries on the agenda

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. This week I’m joining up with Kimba at Caffeinated Reviewer, Deb at Readerbuzz, and Kathyrn …

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Published on September 01, 2024 06:01

August 31, 2024

Saturday Afternoon Chat: Our last swim? The start of homeschool looms and county fairs

Thank you for coming to chat with me today! Can I get you some tea? I have a selection of herbal teas, milk, juice and I actually have ginger ale and sparkling water – two beverages I rarely have. I’m sitting and doing my best to relax this weekend – the last weekend of summer …

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Published on August 31, 2024 11:29

August 30, 2024

Summer Movie Marathon: Clambake

I’ve been watching summer movies for the last few weeks and this week I finished up the marathon with Clambake. I thought Beach Blanket Bingo was painful but Clambake – wow. This was even more painful to watch. I was doing searches for photos from this movie to use for this post and I forgot …

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Published on August 30, 2024 05:43

August 29, 2024

Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot – Come Link Up With Us!

Welcome to another Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot 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.  Marsha, our leader, is on vacation right now so we will be sharing only our …

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Published on August 29, 2024 18:30

August 28, 2024

Summer reading list – what I planned to read versus what I actually read

I often make lists of books I plan or hope to read in a particular season or month but rarely stick to that list and this summer was no exception. Back in May, I made a list of 15 books that I planned to read by September. Today I’ll share what books I said I …

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Published on August 28, 2024 06:37

August 26, 2024

An interview about Cassie

Thank you to author and blogger Donna Stone for this interview and feature on her blog focused on Cassie, the book I released with ten other authors this month. The book can be read as a standalone and . . . well you can read more on Donna’s blog.
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Published on August 26, 2024 09:46

August 25, 2024

Sunday Bookends: The last of the summer swimming, planning for autumn reading, and lists of mysteries to read

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. This week I’m joining up with Kimba at Caffeinated Reviewer, Deb at Readerbuzz, and Kathyrn …

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Published on August 25, 2024 08:54