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July 18, 2016

34 Years Later He Still Makes Me Laugh

Beth Ann Chiles/ Humor, Life stories/ 30 Comments/ 3851

Today Chris aka Mr. Diamond and I celebrate 34 years of marriage.  Who knew when those two 22 year olds got married the summer after college graduation that their lives would go on so many journeys?  Who knew?  Definitely not me. One of the things Continue reading →

July 15, 2016

Changing Lives With Unwanted Clothes – Stand#withMalala

Beth Ann Chiles/ Charity, Life stories, Thoughts/ 26 Comments/ 4037

Malala Yousafzai is a young Pakistani girl who decided at an early age to be an activist for change in her country.  As a blogger for BBC Urdu she wrote about her life and the unfair and often inhumane treatment by the Taliban that occupied Continue reading →

July 8, 2016

Operation Send A Card

Beth Ann Chiles/ Life stories, Writing/ 52 Comments/ 4873

I love sending cards and letters and I love receiving cards and letters. I got to thinking this past week and that might be a dangerous thing.  What I was thinking was about my sweet brother in law Carlton and how much his life has Continue reading →

July 7, 2016

Noteworthy Women – The Series – Glenda Harrison

Beth Ann Chiles/ Books, Guest Blogger, Life stories, Writing/ 15 Comments/ 4320

I may have a girl crush on my “noteworthy woman”  featured today.  As a matter of fact my husband told me that he knows I do because I keep showing him pictures and reading him selections from her book and that is his obvious conclusion. Continue reading →

June 10, 2016

It Takes Two to Tango

Beth Ann Chiles/ Life stories, Writing/ 10 Comments/ 2905

Tango. When was the last time you danced the dance of passion? One of the classes that Chris and I took together in college was Social Dance.   We walked to King Horn Sports Center after lunch a couple days a week in the freezing Continue reading →

June 9, 2016

More Ways to Turn Your Day Around

Beth Ann Chiles/ Life stories, Thoughts, Writing/ 25 Comments/ 3444

There are days, aren’t there?  Days when nothing seems to be going quite the way it was intended to go. Days when the littlest thing sets off a major avalanche of incidents that change the whole trajectory of the day. It is those days that Continue reading →

May 27, 2016

The Family is Broken Up

Beth Ann Chiles/ Life stories/ 12 Comments/ 2328

My little family is broken up.  But it was a good break up and I am glad to see them go.  You see I had a family of pilar cysts on my scalp and Thursday was the day that the dermatologist relieved me of my Continue reading →

May 16, 2016

My Last Supper

Beth Ann Chiles/ Food, Life stories, Thoughts, Writing/ 18 Comments/ 3599

Did you ever think about what you would like for your last supper?  Prisoners have long had “a last supper” request where they are allowed to choose a menu.  If you knew without any uncertainty that you were going to die tomorrow what would be Continue reading →

May 13, 2016

How One Remote Changed My Life

Beth Ann Chiles/ Family, Life stories, Products/ 19 Comments/ 3740

I live in a household with too many remotes.  I admit that we have a lot of “toys” between the husband and I and sometimes those items come with a price.  In this case the price is having a bunch of remotes. It may not Continue reading →

May 12, 2016

What’s Outside Your Window?

Beth Ann Chiles/ Life stories, North Carolina, Photography/ 21 Comments/ 3649

Tell me. What’s outside your window?  Is it green and leafy where you live?  Are the flowers popping out?  Is the wildlife everywhere or do you live in a place of tall buildings and views of a city? I love seeing what others post around Continue reading →

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The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users
5 of 5 stars
The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users
by Guy Kawasaki
As always Guy Kawasaki has a great book with great information about all things social media. I highlighted tons of places in this book and it is definitely one that I will come back to time and time again to help me in all of the socia...
Old Girls in Low Cotton
3 of 5 stars
Old Girls in Low Cotton
by Helen Childress
This short book was one that looked like it would be a fun read. I honestly did not enjoy it all that much---it was a lot of characters bickering and while some of the writing was witty and funny it was not that kind of book that made m...
The Good Girl
5 of 5 stars
The Good Girl
by Mary Kubica
I loved this book! It had my interest from the very first page and was my "airplane" book on a recent trip. Author Mary Kubica created believable and interesting characters that the reader learned to identify with and care about. Mi...
All the Light We Cannot See
4 of 5 stars
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
This is quite a book! I had it recommended to me by several people and while I thought it might be a little dark and depressing it made me have a better understanding of what life in this time period was like. The strength of the huma...
An Abundance of Katherines
5 of 5 stars
An Abundance of Katherines
by John Green
Another great book by John Green. I have become a huge fan of John Green since my reading of A Fault in our Stars and this book was another that did not disappoint me at all. It was a story of a child prodigy, a lot of anagrams, and a b...

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