Main Street in Brevard, North Carolina just got a little bit better. Highland Books, my favorite independent bookstore in the world, has a new address at 36 W. Main Street in the former Proper Pot location. I will miss having the Proper Pot in downtown Continue reading →
Battery Park Book Exchange and Champagne Bar located in the Grove Arcade in Asheville, North Carolina is as close to a perfect marriage as you can get. Books and champagne just naturally go together and when Chris and I walked into the Book Exchange and Continue reading →
International Book Giving Day is coming on February 14th, 2019 and I would love to have my readers be able to participate in it. It is a great way to share the love of reading with children all over the world. This year the artist Continue reading →
It’s obvious that I surround myself with books. It’s a good thing. It really is. When I find books that I love, that resonate with me I like to share. So today a quick post about 4 books that I have read recently or am Continue reading →
When your vacation rental house comes complete with a Little Free Library of its own. Love. Continue reading →
I love everything about Little Free Libraries and when Pat Bennett, another Brevardian, contacted me about how to go about putting up one of her own I was overjoyed. She had found my contact info on the Little Free Library map and had a few Continue reading →
My favorite author, Sean Dietrich, has to be one of the most generous and compassionate folks on this planet. I have raved about him before on the blog and shared my admiration for him, his writing, his podcasts, his blog, his kindness, the list goes Continue reading →
Bedside Reading® is an amazing program that I have recently become acquainted with through fellow blogger Lois Alter Mark. Lois blogs at Midlife at the Oasis–brilliant blog name in my humble opinion. Lois has partnered with them and is hosting monthly giveaways on her blog Continue reading →
Comments for a Cause brings the most excitement to It’s Just Life. The best thing I do on the blog is highlight a new cause each month and I have been doing this since April 2011. That is a LOT of great causes highlighted, isn’t it Continue reading →
The Little Free Library community suffered a huge loss on October 18, 2018 when founder Todd Bol passed away from pancreatic cancer. The stewards group that I am a part of on Facebook had been the place where I had found out the news just Continue reading →
