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Exploring Barcelona, Bookish News, and Link to a Giveaway

April 10, 2025 By Cara Putman

Last month, my husband and I had the opportunity to take our youngest two kids to Barcelona for their spring break. Because of my schedule at the university, we don't get to go on spring break or really any other trips during the school year. A couple times we've made a Thanksgiving trip to Disney World, but that's about it, because that's the time we can all be off. A year ago when we knew I … [Read more...]

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Learning to Relax

March 27, 2025 By Cara Putman

I have a confession to make. I‘m really good at working. Like world class at it. I am the queen of going from one task right to the next, barely with a break to celebrate that the one has ended. I tightly calendar everything, and most of the time it works out fine… until someone gets sick, or an extra task gets assigned or a miscommunication occurs. Then the cascade can be brutal, but I ALWAYS hit … [Read more...]

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Book Settings – The Inexpensive Travel Agency

September 5, 2024 By Karen Witemeyer

Every year I host a Reading Challenge in my Posse group on Facebook where each month hosts a different theme. Some themes center around the covers, some on the authors, but I do my best to include at least one theme each year that centers on settings. One of my favorite things about reading is having a story transport me to another place and time. To experience the culture of the characters and … [Read more...]

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A Cotswolds Caper

July 2, 2024 By Tamera Alexander

If you've watched the show All Creatures Great and Small, you've likely been captured by the beauty of the Cotswolds and the Yorkshire Dales in the UK. Joe and I recently returned from ten days in the Cotswolds with some dear friends, and it was a wonderful trip! Here are some glimpses . . . We stayed in Burford and took day trips into the surrounding countryside... Joe and I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Friendship, History, Nature Tagged With: Cotswolds, Tamera Alexander, travel

Ireland and Scotland…and That’s a Wrap!

November 27, 2023 By Deborah Raney

Thanks so much for your patience as over the past month I've shared our trip to Paris, the UK, and my time in York, England where I got to see the home where my great-great grandparents lived at the time they emigrated to America. Today, is the final installment of our trip—our time in Ireland and Scotland. After our tumultuous ferry crossing, we drove through the lush, green countryside to the … [Read more...]

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