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Tag Archives: Brevard NC

April 1, 2026

Comments for a Cause – It’s All About the Children

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Happy April 1st. No jokes here – it’s already April and we are springing into warmer weather and full blown allergies. If you know you know. Ah choo! It’s Just Life is happy to continue the monthly tradition of highlighting a special cause of the Continue reading →

December 3, 2025

Comments for a Cause – Giving Warmth

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December is here (a few days in already) and it is a month when folks think about finding that perfect gift for that certain someone or someones. This year Chris and I are downsizing in a lot of ways. Fewer gifts, fewer decorations (he reminded Continue reading →

November 20, 2025

Filed Under “What on Earth?”

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I have written many times about my volunteer experiences and how much I love being a volunteer at Sharing House. Actually it is the Comments for a Cause recipient this month so you know that I love all that happens at Sharing House. From rent Continue reading →

November 13, 2025

Things I Am Loving Now

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Every once in awhile it is fun to take a look at things I am loving at the moment. There is always something to be happy and excited about if I only take the time to look for it. Join me today as I share Continue reading →

November 3, 2025

Comments for a Cause – Food for All

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November is upon us and that means the first of the month post for Comments for a Cause. Some day maybe I will make a list of all the causes we have highlighted on It’s Just Life but that would be a loooonnngggg post since Continue reading →

October 31, 2025

A Famous Brevardian

Beth Ann Chiles/ North Carolina, Travel/ 7 Comments/ 407

. If you saw this mural on the side of a building in downtown Brevard, NC, you might think that it was a depiction of a really beautiful woman. You would not be wrong. But what you may not know is that Loretta Mary Aiken Continue reading →

July 10, 2025

Fingerprints on My Heart

Beth Ann Chiles/ Family, Writing/ 8 Comments/ 472

If you look closely at that picture in the header of this blog post you might be able to see some fingerprints. I finally cleaned the doors today and all traces of those little fingerprints are gone but not from my memory as they will Continue reading →

June 6, 2025

The Most Wonderful Book Sale of the Year

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It’s almost time for the AAUW Brevard Used Book Sale and you know that I get excited when this week rolls around in June. I have worked on the book sale since 2018 after having joined the branch in 2017. It is one of the Continue reading →

May 16, 2025

Writers and White Squirrels

Beth Ann Chiles/ North Carolina, Travel, Writing/ 3 Comments/ 609

Tis the season for a lot of great events in Transylvania County and I am getting pretty darn excited about all that is going on. If only I could clone myself. This weekend is the annual Looking Glass Writers’ Conference and this is the first Continue reading →

April 18, 2025

Dreams DO Come True

Beth Ann Chiles/ North Carolina, Writing/ 13 Comments/ 415

Sometimes dreams do come true and what a wonderful thing it is. For over three years we have been lobbying for a better space for our library in our Connestee Falls community. Letters were written. Emails sent. Requests made at board meetings. The list goes 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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