Category: Life with a Reader
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October Collection: Trivia and Treats
WELCOME to our monthly collection where we offer links and ideas for you to explore with us. I hope you have a cup of tea and a quiet moment to savor the good things in life while you read. High Wind The clouds before him rushed, as theyWere racing home to end the day;The flying…
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Alice and Me in Wonderland
Dear Readers, I feel like the white rabbit. Oh, dear! Oh, dear! I shall be too late! It’s 10:30ish on Friday morning. Something should be published here in less than three hours. I haven’t written for weeks. But I am interrupting my dish washing session to bring you a message. Would you tell me, please,…
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Calm My Anxious Heart
Imagine what your life would be like without worry. Is this even a realistic possibility? Linda Dillow, in Calm My Anxious Heart, says it is. You can start the journey today. What are your worries? These days, I tend to worry about my children: Will they be able to be faithful? Will they have their…
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August Collection: It Came to Pass
WELCOME to our monthly collection where we offer links and ideas for you to explore with us. This summer has been a progression of changes, more than usual and some happy and some sad. Time moves on and always brings change, but some events seems to mark our lives in a before and after way.…
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Finding Harmony in Life: Sprinkling Fairy Dust on Everyday Challenges
You know how the story goes. The king and queen wanted a child for years and finally they had their baby girl. They were overjoyed and immediately threw a party. In their excitement, they failed to invite one of the powerful fairies of the land. At the party, each fairy gave a gift to the…
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Boost Your Happiness Now
They say happiness is a choice. There have been times when I cannot believe it, and times I have experienced it to be true. In any case, it’s worth a try, isn’t it? Here are some choices you could make you just a little happier today. Affirmations Affirm: To state clearly that something is true…
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July Collection: Family Vacation Edition
WELCOME to our monthly collection where we offer links and ideas for you to explore with us. This month we (Eva) spent two weeks on vacation. First up was a stop at Fountain Run, KY. I taught school there years ago, and made lasting friendships. Next we stopped at Hickory, NC to visit hunter friends…
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A Quick Case for LONG Books
I’m not a fan of long books. Anything that feels like a door stop is too cumbersome to hold much less to carry with me. My attention span isn’t that disciplined. And they are usually slow moving classics filled with detailed description. They’re just so long! But I’m excited to tell you I’ve found a…
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Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte, 1847, 19 hours or 464 pages, Gothic, Coming-of-Age The story begins in the English country manor. Jane Eyre is ten years old, a poor, unlovely orphan with a tempestuous nature. She lives with an aunt and cousins who do not love her. Sometimes she bows under the strain, sometimes she fights back. After…
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Midsummer’s Reading
There’ still time for summer reading. Eva and I wanted to get in some planned reading this summer and created a book challenge for ourselves. You are welcome to join us! At the bottom of the post you will find a button to print or download this challenge. National Book Lover’s Day is August 9.…
So She Reads 