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Freedom and freebies
Welcome to the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge! This month my theme is Library Love, focusing on my love of libraries generally, as well as for the Sacramento Public Library (my local library) more specifically. I hope you find these posts informative as well as fun, and that they encourage you to visit your local library to see what’s new. “Free” is a word that gets used a lot at the library. It’s free to sign up for a library card, free to check out books and other materials (as long as you bring them back on time!), and free to enjoy the library’s physical space as well…
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Happy 2022! Let’s talk 2021 in Romance
If you’ve been wondering what my favorite romance novels of 2021 might have been, I will now direct you to my piece “A Year in Romancelandia” over at Book and Film Globe where I discuss exactly that! . SPOILER ALERT: Everyone deserves romance, and I hope my Top Five illustrates that sentiment. . I’ve been a bit scarce here on the blog, and that’s because the world has been doing its whole pandemic thing for far too long, so I’ve had other priorities in the past year. But now that it’s a brand new year, I’m hoping to get back to writing, posting at least occasionally over here, reading and…
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January 2021 goal setting: Read, write, exercise – REPEAT!
Happy Saturday! It’s been a full week since 2021 began, so it’s time for a quick goal check-in. What have I been doing for the past week? On January 1st I wrote up a list of five goals for the month, two of which I aim to maintain all year. Here are my five monthly goals, with asterisks denoting the year-long items: *WRITE* every day, as part of my #OneMillionWords Challenge. *EXERCISE* every day, with a goal of 5.5 miles walked daily (part of my virtual journey to Neptune). READ Dante’s The Divine Comedy, at a pace of one canto per day, as part of the Chapter-A-Day Challenge. COMPLETE my…
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2021 goals: Virtually racing to Neptune
I’ve been participating in the annual Moon Joggers year-long challenge since 2017, and thought I’d share a little bit about my journey with this virtual racing group – and my goals for 2021 – as 2020 winds down. (Please note that most of the links in this post are affiliate links; if you join MoonJoggers through one of them I will receive a small portion of the sign-up fee in the form of a discount on my own membership. You can choose to become an affiliate when signing up for these challenges, as well, and everyone who signs up automatically receives a 40% discount on their future race purchases as…
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The Turk-Tacular Turkey Day #Giveaway!
Hello, friends! This week I need your help. You see, I’ve decided to sign up for Sacramento’s annual Run to Feed the Hungry, and our group’s goal is to raise $500. Any amount helps! Even a $1 donation can feed a family five meals, which is amazing. But to show you some extra appreciation for your donations, I’ve put together a little giveaway. Here’s the deal: Everyone who donates $10 or more will receive a free Buttontapper Press ebook of their choice; and Everyone who donates $25 or more will automatically be entered into my draw for a Sacramento Prize Pack, featuring local goodies like Kobasic’s Kruffles (chocolate truffles), handmade…
