Category: Life with a Reader
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10 Proven Ways to Make Winter Worse
Many of us feel like winter is a difficult season. It can be. To prove that point, I compiled a list of actions you can take daily for the next few months. Don’t take any action that might make you feel better. Nothing helps anyway. Focus on the worst parts of the weather. Refuse to…
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The Most Wonderful Reading Time
Some Decembers are really good for reading. But this was not one of them. Most of the family members were home more of the time, some noisy house building going on. So I didn’t do a lot of decking the halls and all was not calm. It was still a wonderful time of the year.…
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A Literary Christmas
The season has come to send warm wishes to the people we love. Amongst the work and school, travel and maintenance of the year, we don’t always have the opportunity to connect with the far flung relatives, the friends whose lives took them across the country and people who at one time made such a…
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Ways to Practice Contentment
It’s the season of counting our blessings. God has been with us in the good times and bad, the abundance or lack. The light is diminishing and the stars and moon are out for longer. My focus turns to the inner life, inside my home, mind, and body. The season of resting and reflecting is…
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Pieces to the Puzzle
I woke to snow this morning! That means it is time to sit in the glow of a bright lamp and work on a jigsaw puzzle. First is the fun of choosing the one that suits the mood. It might be a cozy indoor room or an appropriate outdoor scene, something detailed or panoramic. It…
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Picture Books Worth Reading As An Adult
In these books, pictures and words combine to make the perfect escape into another world. These books are for children, but you will enjoy them, too. Try reading one of these, or a favorite from your bookshelf, to a child today, September 6, and celebrate Read a Book Day! I was an adult, teaching school…
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How to Get a Boost on Goals and Resolutions
A year from now, you will wish you had started today. Karen Lamb September is just around the corner. It is a month custom-made for changes. Nights are cooler, days are brisker, and our minds are clearer, if only because the air is. Why not take advantage of it and renew your resolutions in September?…
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22 Immediate Results of Exercise
Not really excited about exercise? Can’t get motivated by the long range benefits like weight loss, or heart health? Maybe today you’d just like a little instant gratification. And one bit of exercise today increases the chances you will get exercise tomorrow. Here are 22 benefits of exercise that happen immediately, no waiting required. Do…
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Four Curmudgeons and a Hero
cur·mudg·eon /kərˈməj(ə)n/ noun a bad-tempered person, especially an old one. The curmudgeons: Ove. 59 years old. Sad, cranky, unlikeable. Harold. 65 years old. Stifled, unsure, unemotional. But he walks to Berwick-upon-Tweed. Eleanor. 29 years old, but seems much older. Misfit, traumatised, lonely. Major Pettigrew. 68 years old. British Army Officer. Starchy. Correct. A Man Called…
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Harness the Power of a Single Word
You’ve heard of choosing a word-of-the-year. Popular ones might be abundance, joy, or simplicity. If you’ve ever tried it, you know how difficult it can be just to decide which word to choose. I was thinking all this last January and feeling like the decision was too heavy. On impulse, I said maybe I’d just…
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