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August 5, 2019

The Sun Still Comes Up

Beth Ann Chiles/ Inspiration, Writing/ 11 Comments/ 389

The sun still comes up. It’s been a tough weekend in America. Two mass shootings in 13 hours has left 29 dead as of this writing and countless injuries. My heart hurt when I saw the news of the latest shooting in Dayton, Ohio. As Continue reading →

August 1, 2019

Sharing Anchors on Comments for a Cause

Beth Ann Chiles/ Writing/ 9 Comments/ 488

As August 2019 rolls in I am once again amazed at how fast the summer has passed by me. I turned my head, blinked my eyes and whoosh – the summer is almost gone. I think that is a sign that I am getting older, Continue reading →

July 26, 2019

My Dear Mr. Brown

Beth Ann Chiles/ Family, Writing/ 17 Comments/ 753

Digging through boxes of memories I happened upon this letter written to my Daddy in August of 1946. It was written to him from the Secretary of the Navy at the time – James Forrestal. It was obviously written upon his separation from his service Continue reading →

July 25, 2019

Three Blue Rubbermaid Totes

Beth Ann Chiles/ Family, Writing/ 9 Comments/ 420

Three blue Rubbermaid totes sit in the apartment space above our garage. Three containers filled to the brim with photo albums, scrapbooks and memories from my side of the family. Years and years of memories are collected in these containers and as I carried them Continue reading →

July 23, 2019

Teapot Tuesday – New Teas from Friends

Beth Ann Chiles/ Tea and Teapots, Writing/ 13 Comments/ 414

I always say I have THE best friends and if my post today does not convince you of that than I don’t know what will. Teapot Tuesday today will showcase two new to me teas that friends have gifted me. First up is a really Continue reading →

July 15, 2019

Advice for Living Your Best Life

Beth Ann Chiles/ Writing/ 9 Comments/ 414

Advice for living your best life – don’t we all just crave advice? And why would anyone want to read “my” advice? I don’t know but something has prompted me today to share what I have learned in my lengthy time on Planet Earth. If Continue reading →

July 10, 2019

A Prayer for Wednesday

Beth Ann Chiles/ Devotional, Spiritual, Writing/ 12 Comments/ 433

One of the things I have been doing lately is going through a lot of things that we cleaned out from my mom’s storage locker when we moved her the last time. While it is odd to go through things like this while she is Continue reading →

July 8, 2019

God’s Perfect Timing

Beth Ann Chiles/ Devotional, Writing/ 16 Comments/ 787

God’s perfect timing. It’s there. All of the time. But so often we are so doggone oblivious to it that we just can’t see it. Stepping back and looking back over my life I can see it so clearly. The friend that was placed in Continue reading →

July 5, 2019

Random Ramblings

Beth Ann Chiles/ Writing/ 8 Comments/ 453

Every once in awhile I like to do a “random” post with a lot of updates and random things. Today is your lucky day because it is Random Day. Shout out to a bunch of great North Carolina blogs who are featured on the Top Continue reading →

June 27, 2019

When I Die…

Beth Ann Chiles/ Writing/ 34 Comments/ 498

When I die I want people to know that I loved them and that they were important to me. It’s a simple goal but one that hit me this week as I scrolled through Facebook. I was “reminded” by Facebook of the birthday of 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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