A Rhyming Backyard Adventure Children’s Book Date Published: September 2023 Meet Twiggy! He loves to explore with his family finding treasures to store before winter. Fall is ending, and Twiggy finds a soft and fuzzy treasure to keep him warm during colder days. Unknown to him, it belongs to a girl searching …
Book Blitz: Cranky Superpowers by Stephen Joseph
Life Lessons Learned from the Common CrankaTsuris Chronicles Self Help / Humor Date Published: September 26, 2023 Publisher: Enigami Publishing Cranky Superpowers: Life Lessons Learned from the Common CrankaTsuris Chronicles By Steven Joseph Get ready to embrace your inner curmudgeon with crankiness expert Steven Joseph. In his award-winning masterpiece “A Grownup Guide …
A Year of Loss
My dad’s gone. I’ve been trying to process this now for almost three weeks, and it still doesn’t quite make sense to me. I’m not sure how the world can exist without my dad in it. No one prepares you for how utterly weird it is to exist in a world when both your parents …
Book Blitz: Mom Wombat Says: Make War No More! A Children’s Book by Phyllis Schwartz
Children’s Fiction Date Published: Sep 22, 2023 Publisher: Acorn Publishing Mom Wombat says, “Make friends, not war!” “Try to get along and don’t keep score… It doesn’t matter who has more toys, just have fun, my girls and boys. Don’t YOU be a bully, not even now and then, not even to a …
Cover Reveal: My Life in Stitches by Darla A. Calvet, Ph.D.
A Heart Transplant Survivor Story Memoir Date Published: December 12, 2023 Publisher: Acorn Publishing Darla Calvet is a thirty-nine-year-old working mom whose life turns upside down when she is diagnosed with congestive heart failure. Suddenly, fear threatens her dreams for the future as doctors’ appointments replace her daily routines and she realizes …
What We’re Doing for Homeschooling 2023-2024
Homeschooling four kids is no joke – and that’s what I’m up to this year (granted, the toddler isn’t really “schooling” so much as being kept busy so the others can get their work done…). The last few years we prioritized mental health and social-emotional learning, and I feel like it’s paid off. This year, …
A Much-Needed Break at Jellystone Park in Larkspur, Colorado
I’ve been burned out for quite a while. That’s no real surprise given that my family hasn’t had a real vacation since 2012 and given that I haven’t taken more than a few days off since…I don’t know when. For the past two years, I’ve been trying to put together a vacation for our family …
Thoughts about Life and Tetris
I woke up early this morning, I haven’t been sleeping well – either waking up way too early or going to sleep way too late. I’ve been thinking about life a lot lately, as one does, I suppose, when one starts losing the people who raised them – and when they’re an age where they …
Set Sail for Adventure with Bermuda Pirates: A Board Game Review
Ahoy there, Matey! Welcome to my review of the exciting board game, Bermuda Pirates! Arrg! In this game, players take on the role of pirate captains, competing to collect their tresure first – but they need to avoid feared whirlpools and make it back to their home ports safely. Can you do it? Is the …
Equator Coffee: Celebrating Women Creating Specialty Coffees
In honor of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, Equator Coffee is amplifying the voices of women-identifying teammates and community members while celebrating some of the excellent women-produced coffees from across three continents. *Disclaimer: Links in this post are affiliate links, should you click on a link and take action, I will receive a …