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Sentence a Day, 05.2018

Good Thursday morn to you! Here we are again!  Another post.  Must be a full moon or something.  One thing for sure, it’s the first Thursday of the month which means it is time for Sentence a Day, 05.2018.  I really slipped on my sentence writing last month.  There were days when I was just […]

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Currently, 06.2018

  Hello, dollies! It’s your lucky day, girls.  A crazy 2-post day!  Shared my Wellness Wednesday, 06.2018, earlier and now I am linking up with Anne and her co-host this month, Sarah from Total Basset Case to share what we’re currently exploring, grilling, planting, playing, traveling.   Let’s get to it, time’s a-wastin’! Currently, 06.2018 Exploring How to write a […]

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Reading Challenge Progress, 06.2018: The Librarian Of Auschwitz

Dearest readers, Welcome to another Book by Book reading challenge review.  For May, we were tasked with reading a true story.  Here is the graphic for each month’s prompt.  Would love to have you join us! I chose The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe.  Described by the author in his Postscript at the back […]

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15 Questions About Summer Lovin’: TBB Asks, 06.2018

Hola sweet friends, Here we are.  At the beginning on another month.  And with a whole new set of questions for TBB Asks, 06.2018.  This time 15 Questions About Summer Lovin’.  You can read some of my other TBB Asks posts, here, here, and here.  As you read this month’s questions, play along with me, and […]

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Stepping Outside My Comfort Zone, 5.2018

Sweet friends, Time for Stepping Outside My Comfort Zone, 05.2018.  The monthly post where I can brag about doing even the tiniest things that scare me just a little bit.  “Scare” isn’t exactly the right verb…but things that make me antsy as my mother would say. This is my third post in the series.  In […]

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Spiritual Sunday (on Monday): 05.2018

Dear ones, Yesterday, the last Sunday of the month, slipped away before I realized I should have written a Spiritual Sunday, 05.2018 post.  But didn’t want to wait until the last Sunday of June to share with you all I am grateful for.  So, here I am writing this Spiritual Sunday 05.2018 post on Monday. […]

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