Creator Diaries
"Take a leap of faith and begin this wondrous new year by believing." --Sarah Ban Breathnach Happy New Year! 2026 is here and already it feels like it is slipping through my fingers. I guess in a way that's how time works, it just keeps going. Hope you all got to ring in the new... Continue Reading →
“October is a symphony of permanence and change.”– Bonaro W. Overstreet ** Note** I know this post is very late but I had it written down and saved in my drafts and wanted to add it as a general update of where I have been in the not too distant past. Hoping to come back... Continue Reading →
Book Details: Written by Rachel Linden Published: August 02, 2022 Publisher: Berkley, An imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2024 Hallmark Movie: The Magic of Lemon Drops Fiction/Magical Realism/Contemporary Romance Back Cover Synopsis (via Penguin Random House) Lolly Blanchard’s life only seems to give her lemons. Ten years ago, after her mother’s tragic death, she... Continue Reading →
Book Details: Written by Sara Pennypacker Illustrated by Jon Klassen Published September 7, 2021 Publisher: Balzer + Bray, An Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers Ages 8-12 Sequel to Pax Young Reader/Fiction/Adventure/Friendship/Animals Inside Flap Synopsis: It’s been a year since Peter and his pet fox, Pax, have seen each other. Once inseparable, they now lead very... Continue Reading →
Book Details Written by Eowyn Ivey Published February 1, 2012 Publisher: Back Bay Books, Little, Brown and Company Finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Historical Fiction/Literary Fiction/Magical Realism Back Cover Synopsis (via goodreads.com) Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting... Continue Reading →
"What the new year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the new year." --Vern McLellan What a great thought. Feels like spring cleaning but for the soul, a chance to choose what we want to bring into the new year, what we want to foster, and what we... Continue Reading →
At last the year is almost done. The days are quickly slipping by and the countdown to the new year is underway. Everyone is busy juggling the details of everyday life with family and friend gatherings and celebrations. For me the days since the winter solstice have been filled with planning for the new year,... Continue Reading →
Ahh, December, the last month of the year. We're finally here and as usual it feels like it is slipping away from me all too quickly. Maybe it has something to do with that adage - the harder you try to hang on to something the quicker it slips from your grasp... I always keep... Continue Reading →
“In November, the smell of food is different. It is an orange smell. A squash and pumpkin smell. It tastes like cinnamon and can fill up a house in the morning, can pull everyone from bed in a fog.” -Cynthia Rylant Hello Everyone! Hope your fall has been going wonderfully. On my end things have... Continue Reading →
"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers." --Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables Hello there! Really hope you all have been doing well. On my end, I am so happy to be back here and able to say hi to all of you again. Ahh new beginnings.. Here we... Continue Reading →
Angelica Sophia 