The "Big Four:" York City, London, Paris, and Milan's fashion weeks are underway, and while our favorite fictional fashion icons won't walk the runway with the latest Spring/Summer 2019 collections, they have made definitive fashion statements. Who could forget the elegant and chic black dress and pearl choker worn by Holly Golightly in Truman Capote's novella…
Camping Fun with Kids!
Camping is a great way to enjoy the outdoors with your kids and create memories for years to come. Our family has been camping since the kids were toddlers and they continue to migrate home for our annual camping trip even though they are grown and scattered around the country. Camping has become such a…
Fun Prizes Make Kids Summer Reading Rock
Get ready to rock! This year, Summer Reading- with a theme of "Libraries Rock!"- runs June 1 through August 31, and I must say it rocks! Great programs, great prizes, and great fun! Elementary school age children track 1,000 minutes of reading and preschoolers track 20 activities designed for early reading. But it's not just about…
Books to Help You Unplug and Camp Out
Summer is here! Time to unplug and camp out. Camping has provided many memorable experiences for our family, as well as a chance to disconnect from our busy lives and reconnect with each other. Last Fourth of July we made the trip to our favorite spot, Spencer Spit State Park on Lopez Island. Everything went as planned until we discovered our…
Narrator Spotlight: Sunil Malhorta
The first audiobook I fell in love with was Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese. Not only did the epic story and its characters captivate me, but Sunil Malhotra's narration, for which he received an Earphones Award, made it one of my all-time favorites. No small feat as the project required him to voice over…
“Sew” Simple Sewing Books and More
Like many of the "lost arts," sewing has undergone a recent surge in popularity, largely due to social media (check out Feedspot's "Top 100 Sewing Blogs and Websites to Follow in 2018" for starters) and thanks, in part, to the huge hit Project Runway. However, there are a lot of other reasons people take up sewing. Sewing provides an…
Picture Books for Arbor Day
Living in the Pacific Northwest, we have no shortage of beautiful trees and Arbor Day reminds us of how important it is to preserve them. National Arbor Day is always celebrated on the last Friday in April, but many states observe Arbor Day on different dates throughout the year based on best tree-planting times in their area…
Literary Heroines We Love
March is Women's History Month and a great time to celebrate the many incredible fictional heroines who have inspired us and taught us life lessons. There are many, but often we find one we relate to most. Growing up, I identified with Velvet Brown in National Velvet and admired how she defied social norms and posed…
Should Scarlett Get a Second Chance?
A literary romance question for all time. If the story of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara of Gone with the Wind had continued, would Rhett have given Scarlett a second chance? I won't disclose the outcome of Alexandra Ripley's 1991 sequel, Scarlett, but I am curious what you think. Would Scarlett have won Rhett back or will their love be forever…
Help for Caregiver Burnout
Caring for an aging loved one can be a blessing and a burden. I recently experienced this firsthand. When my 98-year-old grandmother, who was suffering from dementia, arrived in our home for a "trial visit," we were completely unprepared for the challenges of caregiving. As with many dementia patients, she had managed to mask her…
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