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      • Recipe :: Beef, Mushroom and Barley Soup
      • Recipe :: Delicious and Creamy Shrimp Corn Chowder
      • Recipe :: Hearty Vegetable Soup
      • Recipe :: Thai Butternut Squash Soup
    • Sides
      • Recipe :: Cheesy Apples
      • Recipe :: Chopped Brussels Sprouts
      • Recipe :: Kale and Brussel Sprout Salad
      • Recipe :: Tabouli
      • Recipe :: Tomato Pie
    • Mains
      • Recipe :: Beef Tenderloin
      • Recipe :: Roasted Turkey and Brine
      • Recipe :: Shrimp & Grits
      • Recipe :: Thai Quinoa Salad
    • Sweet Stuff
      • Recipe :: Cranberry Orange Cake
      • Recipe :: Boiled Custard
      • Recipe :: Caramel Apple Cake
      • Recipe :: Carrot Cake
      • Recipe :: Christmas (Swedish) Tea Rings
      • Recipe :: Cinnamon Rolls
      • Recipe :: Lemon Sugar Cookies
      • Recipe :: Salted Toffee Cookies
      • Recipe :: Trifle in a Glass

Author: Elisabeth

I’m a recovering English teacher who now works in healthcare communications. In between, I had a brief stint in sales and even dipped my toe in moonlighting as a photographer. I've been blogging since 2009. I've been reading since forever.
In the Dark Podcast
Podcast, Things I Love Posted onAugust 16, 2018

Podcasts :: Recommendations, Part 2

I wrote a year or so ago about some podcast recommendations and how listening to them had cut into my time for audio books. This […] Read More

Thunderstruck
Book Reviews, Books Posted onAugust 3, 2018August 3, 2018

Book Review :: Thunderstruck and other Stories

I don’t read short stories often enough. I wrote about this several years ago when I picked up a collection by Alice Munro. Thunderstruck and other […] Read More

Stoner by John Williams
Book Reviews, Books Posted onJuly 23, 2018September 28, 2018

Book Review :: Stoner

The New Yorker calls Stoner “the Greatest American Novel you’ve never heard of.” Despite my ravings, it took three years for me to convince my book […] Read More

stack of books
Book Clubs, Books Posted onJuly 17, 2018July 14, 2018

Book Clubs :: On Book Keeping Records

I love a good milestone and earlier this week I realized that as of this month, our book club has a book record keeping spreadsheet […] Read More

Ann Patchett Happy Marriage
Book Clubs, Book Reviews, Books, Featured Posted onJuly 13, 2018July 13, 2018

Book Review :: This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage

I’m an Ann Patchett fan. So when I traveled to Nashville for a conference earlier this year, I intentionally carved out time to make a […] Read More

Kristin-Hannah-Great-Alone
Book Reviews, Books, Headline Posted onJuly 1, 2018July 6, 2018

Book Review :: The Great Alone

I had such high hopes. I’ve been reading Kristin Hannah for a long time – or maybe I should say, I’ve been listening to her […] Read More

My Beach Reads for 2018
Book Reviews, Books, Featured Posted onJune 23, 2018July 6, 2018

Book Review :: 2018 Beach Reads

Last month I wrote about my penchant for the dark when it comes to beach reads. Earlier this month when we headed out for our annual trip […] Read More

Ann Tyler Clock Dance
Advance Reader Copy, Book Reviews, Books, Featured Posted onJune 19, 2018March 2, 2019

Book Review :: Clock Dance

Fans of Anne Tyler will recognize all the things they love about her in Tyler’s latest novel, Clock Dance: quirky – but very real – characters, […] Read More

books for africa logo
Book Clubs, Books, Justice, Out and About Posted onJune 14, 2018July 6, 2018

Literary Volunteerism :: Books for Africa

A couple of times a year, my team at work volunteers with a different not-for-profit around Atlanta. Last month, we spent a morning with Books […] Read More

lemon sugar cookies
Cooking, Things I Love Posted onJune 2, 2018June 17, 2019

Recipe :: Lemon Sugar Cookies

I can pretty accurately track a five star rating scale for recipes I try based on my husband’s response: 1 star = “I’m OK if […] Read More

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Consequences
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Consequences
by Penelope Lively
The Four Winds
it was ok
The Four Winds
by Kristin Hannah
Oh William!
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Oh William!
by Elizabeth Strout
All Our Wordly Goods
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by Irène Némirovsky
Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
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Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
by Kerry Patterson

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