Our November 2020 Book Winner!
Congratulations to Anna Fuqua who won our November 2020 Free Book! Anna, I’ll mail you the book ASAP! Congratulations! Happy Reading! Sue
Small Joys — Photos of our Veterans
Honoring out veterans is a HUGE joy, especially on Veterans’ Day but I find joy throughout the year every time I see photos of family members and friends who have served our country in the armed services. Both my father and my husband’s served in World War II. This is a photo of them both…
November 2020 FREE BOOK!
Nothing gets me more into the holiday mood than reading a Christmas novel. I thought you might enjoy the same, and so we’re giving away a copy of Julie Klassen’s AN IVY HILL CHRISTMAS! Our copy is a new trade paperback. From the back cover: “Richard Brockwell . . . hasn’t been home for Christmas…
Small Joys–Voting!
For those of us who live in the USA, today is election day. I voted. And I guess that is NOT a small joy. It’s a BIG JOY indeed! Every time we vote, we celebrate our ancestors who somehow in many different ways and from many different places came to this country and helped forge…
Small Joys–Hallowe’en!
Few Trick-or-Treat visitors ever make it to our remote place in the woods, but this year, when Covid will make it difficult for any Hallowe’en visitors to make the rounds, I decided to celebrate by sending these cute pillowcases to our granddaughters. Will any ghosts or goblins be visiting your house this year?
Our October Free Book Winner!
Congratulations to Anita Hart who won a copy of Sara Paretsky’s DEAD LAND! And check out my Author’s Page and the comments under the book give away to see a photo of Anita’s beautiful dog DaisyMay! Anita, please message me your home address and I’ll mail you your book ASAP! Meanwhile, for everyone else, check…
Small Joys–Something New
I love to try planting new things in my garden. This year, that “new” plant was the tomatillo. I’d planned to grow more tomatoes than usual but for some reason the COVID restrictions in Michigan severely limited our choices when it came to plants. We have a very short growing season in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula,…
October 2020 FREE BOOK!
Our October Free Book is Sara Peretsky’s most recent in her V.I. Warshawski series. You might notice something a bit different about our give-away copy. this month. Check out the yellow notice in the upper right of the cover–Advance Reader’s Edition (ARE). Most of us never get our hands on an ARE. That’s because they’re…
SMALL JOYS–Ironing!
Ironing? Who finds joy in ironing? Well, me. You see, my mother was a very wise woman, and she developed a two-point plan when it came to ironing. First, when we were very small, she would tell my brother and me stories while she ironed. These were the classic fairy tales like Cinderella, Snow White,…
SMALL JOYS–Seeing Past Ugly
My husband and I were walking in a nearby city when I happened to look down and see this beautiful leaf with an ugly cigarette butt on top of it. My first reaction was to feel sadness that something beautiful had been defaced. I snapped a picture, and on occasion I look at that photo…
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