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March 28, 2025

Life (and Blog) Interrupted

Beth Ann Chiles/ Life stories, News, North Carolina, Writing/ 5 Comments/ 353

Sometimes life throws a curve ball and you just have to go with it. 6 short months ago we were dealing with Hurricane Helene and now we are dealing with wildfires. Our trip to New Jersey ended with growing concerns about the wildfires that were Continue reading →

March 21, 2025

The Difference One Life Can Make

Beth Ann Chiles/ Writing/ 4 Comments/ 313

Today will mark 6 years since we lost Chris’ brother Carlton. He died one month shy of his 50th birthday on World Down Syndrome Day. That seemed appropriate that he left on a day that honored him. This is the first post I made in Continue reading →

March 20, 2025

Coachella Valley Preserve

Beth Ann Chiles/ Photography, Travel, Writing/ 5 Comments/ 376

One of the things that Chris and I wanted to do on our trip to California was to do a little bit of hiking. We found a “palm oasis” that we really wanted to see in the Coachella Valley Preserve. Knowing it was going to Continue reading →

March 19, 2025

What’s Your Favorite?

Beth Ann Chiles/ Cooking, Recipes, Writing/ 5 Comments/ 306

. As I was preparing to make some cookies for an upcoming Book Club / Tea Party I pulled out my favorite cookie cookbook that was handed down to me from my mom. I love having so many cookbooks from her and from my Grandma Continue reading →

March 17, 2025

Another Storm, More Devastation

Beth Ann Chiles/ North Carolina, Writing/ 7 Comments/ 278

I think that it is a pretty normal reaction to get a little bit panicked when a storm is coming and you have already lived through a hurricane. I think it is how our human nature is — if we survive some kind of horrific Continue reading →

March 14, 2025

It’s All About Pi or Is It Pie?

Beth Ann Chiles/ North Carolina, Writing/ 10 Comments/ 359

Every March 14 (3/14), mathematicians, scientists and math lovers around the world celebrate Pi Day, a commemoration of the mathematical sign pi   (π), expressed most simply by the decimals 3.14. It is always fun to see the creative memes and comments that center around Continue reading →

March 13, 2025

Sibling Time

Beth Ann Chiles/ Family, Travel, Writing/ 6 Comments/ 580

My family is VERY important to me. My siblings have become increasingly vital to my life especially after the death of my mom in 2020. I see so many families who have real rifts and it just makes me sad. I can just not imagine Continue reading →

March 10, 2025

Fitting In

Beth Ann Chiles/ Writing/ 11 Comments/ 607

I saw the above image and it sparked some thoughts. That might be a scary thing. As sometimes happens a simple picture or word gets my little brain to thinking and in this case this little image of a puzzle with a piece missing got Continue reading →

March 5, 2025

Time for Some Splaining

Beth Ann Chiles/ Writing/ 5 Comments/ 291

Our trip last week to Palm Springs and Yuma was fabulous. A little sun and a lot of warm weather was just what we needed. The first part of the trip we stayed in a hotel and then we stayed with my brother Mark for Continue reading →

February 25, 2025

Five Photos; Five Stories – Day 2

Beth Ann Chiles/ Blog Hop, Photography, Writing/ 19 Comments/ 4300

Revisiting a series of posts I did in 2015. Enjoy. The rules of Five Photos; Five Stories are to post a photo a day for five consecutive days and attach a story to the photo. It can be fiction or non-fiction, a poem or a 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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