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• Book Review: A Year of Biblical Womanhood

  Love this! This book has sat on my shelf for years.  This morning it captured my attention and held my attention all day.  Smart, witty, insightful, creative, knowledgable, curious, honest… Rachel’s year of Biblical Womanhood was naturally organized with monthly themes based upon scripture.  Each month Rachel had a TO DO list for herself based […]

• Book Review: A Country of Vast Designs

  http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6895978-a-country-of-vast-designs Excellent reading for a period of American history that is rarely studied. James K. Polk committed himself to being the most consequential single term US President 1845-1849 by adding Texas, California and Oregon territories; reestablishing an independent Treasury and reducing tariffs.  The territorial expansion fulfilled the national “Manifest Destiny”…the goal of being a nation […]

• Book Review: Miramont’s Ghost

  For my previous book review, I chose Matilda Empress because my niece is featured on the cover. I chose Miramont’s Ghost because the author ‘Elizabeth Hall’ grabbed my attention.  Elizabeth being my middle name and Hall being my maiden name…I answered to ‘Elizabeth Hall” for over 30 years….no I am not the author….I like seeing […]

• Book Review: Matilda Empress

    I judged this book by its cover!  It features my niece (one and the same with my previous post)!  Not only was she best in her class, but also a fashion model during high school working in New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, Seoul, Cape Town, Singapore and more. Matilda Empress is historical fiction from […]

• Book Review: Sewing can be Dangerous by SR Mallery

  Sewing can be Dangerous and other small threads…the title grabbed my attention.  As much time as I have spent sewing over the years, I never thought of it as dangerous.  Sooo…how is sewing dangerous?  S.R. Mallery’s collection of eleven short stories have fascinating characters from eleven times and places. Danger exists in conditions in the […]