Yeah, so I’m terrible at introductions whether it be at dinner, or a new classroom, or giving a presentation. Turns…
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Foundations First: A Gentler Way to Start the New Year
January has a way of making us feel like we need to fix everything at once: our homes, our habits,…
School break is both prepping and catching up
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Bringing Green to the Gloom: Inside Winter Gardening
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Fall Garden Chores You Shouldn’t Skip
I know, I know. Once the air turns crisp and the days get shorter, it’s tempting to hang up the…
Preserving the Harvest: Freezing vs. Canning vs. Dehydrating
You know that bittersweet feeling when the garden is bursting at the seams: tomatoes everywhere, herbs going wild, baskets of…
Quick overview of writing a book…it’s so much more than the writing.
Ok, so you probably realize that writing a book requires, well… writing, and then lots (and lots) of editing before…
Have you joined my circle yet?
Introducing the Second Time Around Circle
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Psst! Tuesday Teaser of In The end
Hey, hey, we have another Tuesday Teaser! This is a YA debut novel called, In The End, by Kellee Kranendonk.…