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29
Aug
When people recommend books to me, I really should listen more often. My mother recommended the Harry Potter series to me way back when Prisoner of Azkaban had just been released. I hummed and hawed for months before finally picking it up. Then, like everyone else, I couldn’t put it down. A friend of mine [...]
29
Aug
24
Aug
This year we had big plans for our garden. We started right on time with our seedlings and we had everything in place to get them transplanted on May 10th.We planted a few days late, due to scheduling conflicts, but I was excited that our garden …
22
Aug
Sci Fi fans are going to connect almost immediately with Jo Walton’s protagonist in Among Others. I know I did. I fell right in with her as she struggled to connect with new people and places after a harrowing childhood and traumatic event that launched her away from family and friends. I enjoyed Walton’s exploration [...]
19
Aug
I started reading 11/22/63 a couple of weeks ago and, like just about any Stephen King Novel I’ve ever read, I fell right into this one. What a romp!
18
Aug
This is not a birth announcement!Today’s gift for Kat’s Birthday Week was really phenomenal! I recently photographed Jess’s new baby, Evangeline. I used some props I kept from the studio which sparked a conversation about newborn props and …
17
Aug
It is amazing to me that someone with 5 small children whom she home schools, church callings, etc can find time to do 7 days of gifts for a friend’s birthday, let alone make gifts like today’s. Today, for Kat’s Birthday Week, I received a whole …
16
Aug
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16
Aug
Day 3 of Kat’s Birthday Week was a surprise for both Jess and myself. I was off from clinic, which made it hard to deliver a surprise, but I convinced Jess to deliver the surprise in person, so I could see her friendly face.When she arrived, she …
15
Aug
Sci Fi fans are going to connect almost immediately with Jo Walton’s protagonist in Among Others. I know I did. I fell right in with her as she struggled to connect with new people and places after a harrowing childhood and traumatic event that launched her away from family and friends. I enjoyed Walton’s exploration [...]