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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.
Book Reviews, Books Posted onApril 1, 2012July 7, 2012

Book Review :: When She Woke

While I’m not big on traditional science fiction or fantasy literature, I do love a good dystopian novel. The Handmaid’s Tale, The Unit and Never […] Read More

Cooking Posted onMarch 30, 2012July 12, 2018

Recipe :: Balsamic-Tomato Dipping Sauce

It is the time for entertaining which means the need for easy and tasty appetizers. There is a local restaurant that is famous for its […] Read More

Cooking, Out and About Posted onJanuary 30, 2012June 24, 2012

Restaurant Review :: Park’s Edge

Just a block away from the cluster that is the rejuvenated Inman Park social scene on Highland Avenue, sits the aptly named Park’s Edge. Self-proclaimed […] Read More

Book Reviews, Books Posted onJanuary 27, 2012June 23, 2012

Book Review :: Good Things I Wish You

A. Manette Ansay’s prose is the comforting arms of a familiar lover. In the afternoon I read Good Things I Wish You, I was immediately […] Read More

Book Reviews, Books, Featured Posted onJanuary 25, 2012January 27, 2012

Book Review :: A Yellow Raft in Blue Water

It has been a long time since I wrote a truly negative review, but yuck. yuck. yuck. Told in three parts – daughter, mother, grandmother […] Read More

Book Reviews, Books Posted onJanuary 22, 2012April 1, 2012

Book Review :: Coming Up for Air

Patti Callahan Henry was among the first authors I reviewed when I started this blog way back when. I had the opportunity to sit with […] Read More

Things I Love Posted onJanuary 19, 2012July 6, 2018

Love :: St. Ives, part two + a giveaway (UPDATE)

UPDATE: Congratulations to Rebecca & Ashley H. on winning this giveaway! I hope you enjoy! ****************** So, there are few things more satisfying than when […] Read More

Cooking Posted onJanuary 15, 2012January 27, 2012

Recipe :: Chopped Brussels Sprouts

I’m always on the lookout for excellent side dishes. I get tired of the same old thing, and while I feel like there are an […] Read More

Things I Love Posted onJanuary 12, 2012July 11, 2018

Love :: Hand & Foot

I love games, but especially card games. Last year when we moved into our home, our new neighbors taught us a card game called hand […] Read More

Cooking Posted onJanuary 8, 2012January 25, 2012

Recipe :: Boiled Custard

Boiled custard is an old-fashioned Southern recipe and was a favorite treat of mine that Mom saved for very special occasions. I hadn’t had it […] 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!
it was amazing
Oh William!
by Elizabeth Strout
All Our Wordly Goods
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All Our Wordly Goods
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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