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My 2020 Booklist

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I realize that like plans of any sort booklists might give you hives. If that’s the case, you won’t hurt my feelings to move along,...

Five Books for Summer Binge Reading

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I purchased an unabridged copy of The Count of Monte Cristo several years ago at a book sale, and it has been shelved in our...

Reader’s Choice | An Audiobook List

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There are a million and two reasons to keep your phone tucked away and out of reach during the day, but an audiobook is not...

Less is Better | Five Favorite Books

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I didn’t begin the year with an urge to start fresh goals. If anything, I only had the desire for less. Less time commitments. Less...

Dawning | A Playlist for Spring

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I took a walk in the backyard this week, noticing the wildflower “weeds” rising to the early morning sun in adoration. Perhaps at the first...

With Hope

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I’ve been thinking about hope this year, that fragile confidence Emily Dickinson described as a songbird with feathers, perched in the soul, singing against the...

Six Recent Books on My Nightstand

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Every night I slide into bed grabbing a book on the stool beside me. Most evenings, my eyelids begin to close after just a few flips of...

Migratory Birds | A Playlist for Transitions

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In the late spring and early summer, before the air becomes too weighty, I love to toss a blanket in the yard and watch the...

15 Nature Activities + Books to Enjoy Spring Flowers

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Perhaps one of the best parts of Spring weather is all of the wildflowers blooming. We naturally are outdoors more, and so I always look...

Music for the Afternoon Mess

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Somewhere amid the tidy online images, the Mess exists. I capitalize Mess because it seems to live and exist on its own, creeping in and...