Category: Life with a Reader
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The April Collection: Flights of Fancy

WELCOME to our monthly collection where we post interesting and fun information; stuff we came across that caught our attention or tickled our funny bone, or inspired action. I made this Italian Raspberry Ricotta Cake for dessert on Sunday and saved the recipe to make again because we all liked it. I made it in…
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Upgrade Your Health for Free

If we did everything we ‘should’ to be healthy, we would spend all our time and money on ourselves and that’s not even healthy! But neither is that an excuse to do nothing. Even though there are many, many free things you can do to promote health, this list is purposely short. First, you can…
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If You Tell The Books…

I thought I’d let you in on a conversation I had recently. A lot of my best friends were there, and the time had come to talk of some difficult things. I addressed the bookshelves. “I’ve been thinking about you and it seems you are getting really crowded. Maybe it’s time for some of you…
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The February Collection: It’s in the Details

WELCOME to our monthly collection where we post interesting and fun information; stuff we came across that caught our attention or tickled our funny bone, or inspired action. The picture above is what I collected on a recent walk. There are signs of spring if you look closely! We are in the middle of a…
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6 Ways to Use My Word of the Year

You’ll never plough a field by turning it over in your mind. Irish Proverb I chose a word for 2024, and maybe you did, too. How is that word working for you? My life got busy and I forgot about it, until the end of January when I was writing a summary of the month,…
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The January Collection: Winter Whimsy

WELCOME to our monthly collection where we post interesting and fun information. This is from both Liz and Eva and it’s an assortment of things we have come across in the last month that caught our attention or tickled our funny bone. How to Paint a Fridge (Inspired by a $2999 Retro SMEG) This caught my eye. Tell…
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Great Books for the Young Teenage Girl

I have had numerous questions about what is ok to let young girls read. Honestly, I have no idea what is ok for your teenager, but I do know that my own mother was fairly open-minded in what she let me read. This list of books may reflect that open-mindedness. I will give you one clue, though. Check…
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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…
