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Rockin’ Around the House
Hope you all had a splendid Mother's Day, if it is a day you celebrate. Here I am, enjoying one of my Mother's Day presents–new rocking chairs for my front porch! And of course, there is Ozzie, plaguing me while I am trying to enjoy my book. We have a super long front porch, and…
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Books of April
This is my TBR (To Be Read) bookshelf. Plenty there to keep me occupied. But as it turned out April was one of my worst reading months in a very long time. Usually, I can breeze through at least two books a week, but I barely finished four books all month. For some reason, my…
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My Favorite Cookbooks Lately
This book is everything. It is Slow Cooker: The Best Cookbook Ever by Diane Phillips. And it truly is the best slow cooker cookbook I have ever used. Without a doubt. This slow cooker book has over 400 recipes and I have yet to make one that hasn't been raved about. You won't find many…
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Let’s Read a Cozy Mystery
I think we should read a cozy mystery. Things are bleak enough these days without spending time reading a book with a heavy topic. I haven't been able to concentrate very well this past month and as a result, my reading life has suffered. Let's get back in the mood to read together with a…
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Free Little Library and a Couple of Good Books
Here is something wonderful. Have you all heard of Free Little Libraries? People build a little covered book shelf and put it on a post in their front yard. (You should Google "Free Little Libraries". Some of these little book houses are incredible!) Anyway, the owner fills it with books for anyone to take. The…
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Can I Keep Up?
These are the five days of blocks I have made for the Laundry Basket Mystery Sew Along. 36 blocks in five days. This sew along is intense, I tell you. Honestly, I am not sure if I will be able to keep up with eight new blocks a day. And that is ok. I am…
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Books to Read During Lockdown
We are pretty much under lockdown here, and I imagine your situation may be similar. We are only going out for the most essential reasons and otherwise staying in the house trying to occupy ourselves with anything to pass the time. In an effort to provide some sort of distraction (however small), I am going…
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Best Books of February
The books I enjoyed in February might have broader appeal than January's. I read some new releases, but if you don't mind a wait you should be able to get them at your local library. Others I read have been out a while so are readily available. Anything I have ever read by Diane Chamberlain…
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Best Books of January
I have been fortunate to have kicked off my 2020 reading year with a slew of really good books. It is March 2 as I write this and I have read 19 books, most of them very enjoyable. Here is a list of the best of them for the month of January. The first book…
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A New Wool Applique Project
I have had this new little applique project prepped for a week or so and finally began the stitching. How cute is that little blackbird sitting on the thread spool? There will be some additional embroidery once the blanket stitching is completed around the edges of the shapes. The bird will be holding a length…