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Merry Christmas!!
After a computer glitch, I just want to wish you all a Merry Christmas. I wanted to update you all on what has been going on in the last 2 weeks. since my computer glitch last week. I did an interview with an author friend that will be out in January, and I finished book…
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Can I Finish 52 Books by the End of the Year?
As of tonight, I have read 48 books according to Goodreads. I wonder if I can finish 4 books by the end of 2023. Post contains affiliate links When I signed up this year for Goodreads Book Challenge I wasn’t real sure if I would actually finish it. I am usually pretty bad at tracking…
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Christmas Books
I love Christmas books almost as much as I love the Hallmark Christmas movies. We had a great Thanksgiving with a few friends over. My wonderful honey made ham, sweet potato casserole, bacon wrapped duck, and delicious Parker house rolls. He also made an incredible pecan pie using Paul Hollywood’s recipe. Then the fun began,…
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Thanksgiving Week
This week before Thanksgiving, is a kind of limbo, I want to start decorating for Christmas, but not at the same time. I want to be present and truly celebrate Thanksgiving. What does that even mean, being present? It is a major buzz term lately. I seen it everywhere. Being present simply means that, being…
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Ghosts, Dinosaurs and Tea
Met with a few writer friends this morning in our local bookstore that just reopened in a beautiful new spot. I am sitting in the new Islander Bookshop here on Kodiak enjoying the view and the pot of English Breakfast tea. I was invited to meet up with a couple of local writers. I am…
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Advent Devotions
Because shipping to Alaska can take some time if local bookstores don’t have what you’re looking for. I love November and Thanksgiving, so please don’t think I’m skipping a holiday. Sometimes it takes Amazon and other shippers to get things to us here on Kodiak a little longer than down in the Lower 48. So,…
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My Love of Reading
My parents instilled a love of books and reading in me that only grew as I got older. This post contains affiliate links. I have always always loved books and reading.I was that kid who always had a book with her, still do, by the way. My parents encouraged it, it probably kept me out…
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Where to find free (or almost free) Books
My husband teases me because I cannot pass up a free book.I grew up living on a budget. My parents worked so hard to make sure we had had everything we wanted and needed. But I was also taught to be frugal and save where I could. One way I could save money was my…
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Hospitality is Heart Work
In this post I will share 2 of my favorite books for hospitality that work for all different stages of life. This Post contains affiliate links. I remember growing up and always having people over for Thanksgiving. My dad was in the Air Force and would invite the people in the shop over if they…
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Spooky Reads for October
Not so scary books for those of us who like a little fright I don’t really do Halloween, but I do enjoy a good spooky read or two in October. There is just something about the weather here in Kodiak that makes me want to snuggle into my chair, watch the wind and the rain…
A Bookish Life In AK 