August Break Day 2 Prompt: Pattern I found these sheets in an awesome paper store a few weeks ago. There was a wall covered with all these delicious papers. I could have stayed there for hours….

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August Break Day 1 Prompt: Lunch I am thrilled to  join Susannah Conway again this year for her August Break. I joined last year for the first time and found it to be the most inspiring of months. During the August Break, bloggers post according to prompts provided by Susannah. Some bloggers post only pictures, some […]

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Today I am honored to be guest posting at Moira’s Hearth and Homefront. Moira’s space is full of motivation and inspiration. She is currently moving her family from Oklahoma to Connecticut so I am very excited to imagine that we might get to meet in person one day. Please click on over to Moira’s space […]

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A few months ago I bought a book titled, “A First for Everything”. It contains pages and pages of fill in the blank questions that I thought would be great prompts for a blog post. I then promptly put the book in a really good place where I would remember it when I was in […]

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“Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.” -Hans Christian Andersen

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The other day, we were at my in-laws house and my mother and Katherine went out in the backyard to take pictures. My mother-in-law has a gorgeous garden and I realized how silly it was that I had never thought to take pictures there. Here’s a little bit of beauty that was lying right under […]

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“Books are a uniquely portable magic.” -Steven King (On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft)

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It’s my favorite time of the month. Twitterature, hosted by the lovely Anne at Modern Mrs. Darcy. Below are short, Twitter-style reviews of books I have read this past month. Until I pulled this all together I hadn’t realized that I have read nothing but middle grade and young adult this month. Seems I’m in […]

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A few weeks ago, I had the most wonderful experience. Elizabeth Gilbert who I have loved since she published Eat, Pray, Love came to speak at our local library. My mother was in town for a visit, so I bought tickets, which also provided us with autographed copies of Gilbert’s novel The Signature of All […]

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This weekend, we went on a family adventure. Rob’s parents called to tell us that there were going to the Paterson Falls and invited us to join them. We didn’t have anything on our schedule (I love summer!), so we were happy to tag along. I am always amazed when we find a treasure in […]

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