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Tag Archives: Writing

January 19, 2023

Three Words for 2023

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If you read my post yesterday you had a hint about my words for the year. I usually try to pick 3 words to focus on during the year and even though I am late to share them I have had them on my mind Continue reading →

January 12, 2023

Five by Five

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Five Things I am Passionate About 5 Things I Would Like to Do Before I DIe 5 Things I Say A Lot 5 Books or Magazines I Have Read Lately 5 Favorite Movies Please feel free to share any of your favorites in the comments Continue reading →

January 11, 2023

What’s Your Story?

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Chris has always told me that I can get anyone to tell me anything. It’s pretty accurate. I have “the gift” and somewhere along the way I have gifted that gift to him as well. I am not sure if it is because I appear Continue reading →

December 21, 2022

Reflections

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It’s been an emotional week for me for some reason. I think the grief is slipping up on me and I am realizing that it happens when I am least expecting it. But then that is grief, isn’t it? This year alone I can name Continue reading →

June 6, 2022

I Choose Love

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I choose love over hate anytime. I choose positivity over negativity. I choose glass half full over glass half empty. I choose happiness over sadness. I choose embracing over holding at arm’s length. I choose lightness over darkness. I choose to be part of the Continue reading →

May 26, 2022

No Words

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If you are like me the event that took place in Uvalde, Texas on Tuesday shook you to your core. Another mass shooting. More innocent lives taken. Parents who did not get to say goodbye to their babies. And yes, they were babies. I think Continue reading →

March 30, 2022

You Say Tomato, I Say Tomato

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Did you read the title of that correctly?  I know you did!  Today’s post is all about words. All about language and some quirks that you may or may not know. I love words.  I am a word nerd. I love how I can learn Continue reading →

March 7, 2022

Looking Back

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I saw someone pose the above question on Facebook this past week and it got me to thinking. Growing up in a preacher and teacher’s family with 4 children was something that I treasure. I had all that I needed and more. We didn’t have Continue reading →

September 23, 2021

The Brown Daze

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I hail from a family of writers. It’s a nice thing to know that others who have gone before have been creatives who like to share their words with others. My great, great uncle, Rollo Walter Brown, was a prolific writer and by all accounts Continue reading →

September 17, 2021

Happiness Counts

Beth Ann Chiles/ Writing/ 8 Comments/ 66

Yesterday was all about Crabby Appleton. I decided today I should write about happiness. How about a book to help keep the happiness going? This one is called 14.000 Things to Be Happy About I love this book. The author, Barbara Ann Kipfer, started writing down 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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