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April is National Poetry Month!

Over at Jama’s Alphabet Soup, she has a post with a round-up of activities and resources to celebrate this poetry.Not…

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Quote by Amy Cuddy on change

Tiny tweaks can lead to big changes. ~Amy CuddySocial Psychologist and Professor/Researcher at Harvard TranscriptTED talks are a marvelous, fascinating…

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Posted in Books Poetry

Poetry Friday: Giveaway & my favorite spread from Water Can Be!

It’s Poetry Friday! Mary Lee Hahn is hosting at A Year of Reading!So sorry I wasn’t here last week! You…

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Quote about achieving, by Bruce Barton

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance.~…

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Quote on time by Ann Voskamp

The best use of time is to freely love. The best way to love is to spend time. The best…

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Quote about saying, “No!” by Stephen R. Covey

We find ourselves able to say, “No!” to some thingsbecause there is a bigger “Yes!” burning deep within us.~ Stephen…

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

As a redhead, it’s hard not to love all the blarney about Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day, hot tea, mystical isles…

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Poetry Friday: Interview with editor Carol Hinz

Carol Hinz is the editorial director for Millbrook Press and edited Water Can Be. After learning last week that originally…

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This is the Story of a Happy Marriage, by Ann Patchett

For my birthday, my friend Mari sent me Ann Patchett’s recent collection of her non-fiction work, This is the Story…

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My Life: Happy Day

We’ve had quite a week or two. My dad came home from the hospital. I became a grandmother. Mark turned…

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