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JUNE 2024 FREE BOOK!
Our Free Book this month is the national bestselling novel, WE MUST BE BRAVE by Frances Liardet. From the back cover, “December 1940. As German bombs fall on Southampton, England, the city’s residents flee to the surrounding villages. In Upton village, amid the chaos, new married Ellen Parr finds a girl asleep, unclaimed at the…
A Glance Back – Vacation!
Last week my husband Neil and I took a vacation. Altogether now – “AHHHHHHH.” Yes, that’s the sound of relaxation, and I didn’t know how badly I needed to relax until I lay down on the king sized bed in our rented ‘home-away-from-home’ (Apologies for the cliche.) and slept away the first afternoon of our…
Notes from the North
Dusk is falling, and soon my husband will drive home on his snowmobile from an evening of ice fishing. I look out at the bay in front of our house and watch the sparkle of lights from ice shanties. The sun has set, but night has not yet claimed the sky. The tops of spruce trees are lace set…
March 2017 Free Book Winner!!
Congratulations to Emma Kinnison, winner of our March 2017 Free Book, DRAGON SPRINGS ROAD by Janie Chang! In answer to our question about what country she would like to visit, Emma said her choice would be Great Britain because her ancestors were from England and Ireland! Meanwhile, Emma, while you wait for that bucket list…
Dec. ’12 Free Book!
This month, because of the busyness of the Christmas Season, our FREE BOOK drawing will be held a week from today. That means on Tuesday, December 11, we’ll draw for our December Free Book. This month’s book is a novel by Olivia Newport – ACCIDENTALLY AMISH. I loved it, and I think you will, too….
Your Life & Mine: Rocks and Roses
When we moved to our loft apartment on a sandy lot in the woods, I left behind an almost-thriving perennial garden. An abundant crop of rocks and boulders in our current location was discouraging to say the least, but with my husband’s encouragement, I gradually began to develop a rock garden. I do only a…