Inspiration & Musings
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Why ‘But’ is a Writer’s Best Frenemy
There are so many words in the universe. Giving up one is tough because, as a writer, I enjoy using them at random to liven up a piece or dramatizing one, or creating that perfect cliffhanger to get my audience on the edge of their seat. Honestly, if I have to give up one, maybe Continue reading
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Book Review: Liliac Girls Woosley-Ferriday #1 by Martha Hall Kelly
Kelly’s debut novel, published April 5, 2016, is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, or audiobook formats, at your local library, or through the Libby App. The structure of the book is triple points of view alternating between the three main characters: Continue reading
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My Memorable Trip to Peru: Culture, Nature, and Adventure
In 2010, I traveled to Peru with my mother-in-law, a Peruvian native, my mother, and my godmother. We stayed in an apartment in Lima, near my in-laws’ family, and spent time exploring the country with them as our guides. Continue reading
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Shifting from Tracking to Journaling: A New Approach to Migraines
I saw my neurologist yesterday, and the outcome wasn’t what I had hoped for. Continue reading
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Book Review: The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin
Martin’s book, inspired by the true history of America’s library spies during World War II, was published on July 26, 2022, and is available in paperback, hardcover, Kindle, and audiobook formats, as well as at your local library through the Libby App. The audiobook is brilliantly narrated by Saskia Maarleveld. The book is in dual… Continue reading
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Understanding Migraine Treatment Struggles
Well let’s see, August has been a hellish month, out of control migraine, visits to emergency clinic, drug cocktails to try and fail to bring the pain down, hospital visits to be hooked up to IV be fed a different cocktail of meds which brings the migraine to a tolerable level for a few days… Continue reading
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Book Review: This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune
Fortune brings a fun summer read that will appeal to fans of Christina Lauren or Abby Jimenez. Fortune’s latest book, This Summer Will Be Different, published May 7, 2024, is available on Amazon in paperback, hardcover, Kindle, and audiobook formats, as well as at your local library through the Libby App. The audiobook is narrated… Continue reading
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Book Review: Three Sisters by Heater Morris
Three Sisters, the last in the Tattooist of Auschwitz series, was published on October 5, 2021, and is available on Amazon in paperback, hardcover, Kindle, or audiobook formats, as well as at your local library through the Libby App. The audiobook is narrated by Finty Williams, who mimics Morris’ clinical writing style in her narration,… Continue reading
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Book Review: Cilka’s Journey by Heather Morris
In Morris’s follow-up novel of the The Tattoosist of Auschwitz she makes it clear that while the story is based on actual events in Cecília Kováčová ‘Cilka Klein’ life, it still a novel of fiction weaving together facts and reportage with experiences of women survivors of the Holocaust and the experiences of women sent to… Continue reading
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Inspiration from My Beagle and Life Journeys
To be honest, I never expected my blog to be a world changer, more like a blip in this vast plane where wanderers might be inspired to pick up a book after reading a review, or making someone smile with my beagle antics posts, or feeling less alone in their chronic pain journey once they Continue reading
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