Inspiration & Musings
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My Amazing Wildlife Adventures: From Gyrfalcons to Moose
Yes, I’m lucky enough to have seen many different wild animals: bears, foxes, coyotes, deer, moose, a gyrfalcon, and a family of wolves. Continue reading
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Book Review: The Little Shop of Found Things by Paula Brackston
First published by St. Martin’s Press in 2018 and by Macmillan Audio, this book is ideal for fans of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series. Brackston blends magic, romance, and a seventeenth-century mystery with her twenty-first-century everyday life. Her book is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats as well as at your local… Continue reading
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Book Review: Sunflower Sisters Woolsey-Ferriday #3 by Martha Hall Kelly
Kelly’s final book in the Woolsey-Ferriday series is by far the best one. First published March 30, 2021, by Ballantine Books and released in audiobook format on the same day by Random House Audio. The book is available on Amazon in hardcover, paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats, as well as at your local library or… Continue reading
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The Journey of Women’s Suffrage in Canada
Women’s suffrage in Canada didn’t happen in one fell swoop. It began in 1870 and gradually achieved province by province, while federal voting rights were granted in 1918. Manitoba, the first province to grant women the right to vote and stand for office in 1916, was followed by Saskatchewan and Alberta, and Quebec was the… Continue reading
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Book Review: The Boardwalk Bookshop by Susan Mallery
Published in 2022, by Mira Books and made into an audiobook by Harlequin Audio narrated by Tanya Eby, whose storytelling skills are ideal for Mallery’s characters: Bree Larton, Mikki Bartholomew, and Ashley Burton, making it a great listening experience about three women confronting genuine relationship challenges, the ups and downs of life, which isn’t easy… Continue reading
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Empowering Quotes to Boost Your Self-Worth
In today’s hectic world, where mental health is on the rise, everyone needs to know they are enough. To that effect, here are uplifting sayings to help us all remind ourselves:– I am the best– I can do anything I set my mind to– My future is full of endless possibilities– I am getting better… Continue reading
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Book Review Bookshop by the Sea by Denise Hunter
Published in 2021 by Thomas Nelson Publishers, Hunter’s book is available on Amazon in paperback, Kindle, and audiobook formats, as well as at your local library or through the Libby App. Jessica Holtan narrates the audiobook. The narration is lackluster, and the characters’ voices come across as forced rather than natural. Therefore, in this instance,… Continue reading
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Book Review: Overheard Unspoken #2, by Maya Banks
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Neurotically Waiting for Story Feedback
I made it, guys. I submitted my short story to the anthology, and so now the waiting game has begun. Continue reading
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Bike Misadventures To Be Conquered Into A Skill
Somewhere buried deep in family albums of gazillions of pictures, there is one of me in my teens, dragging a bike out of the lake, looking like a drowned rat. My mother still enjoys recalling how bikes and I don’t mix. Continue reading
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