“But frost, like the crystallized dreams of autumn, began to coat the clearing with its sugar glaze.”
#Frost ❄️🌬️☃️
#ARichLife
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Please join us for our December challenge! Just post a book, song, quote, poem or ? that represents the daily prompt, use hashtag and tag us.
#DashingThruDecember
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
To set the mood, check out this playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX0Yxoavh5qJV?si=849gV-rzRROpGXcBsmBQ...
“Joy doesn‘t ever leave, you know. It‘s always with you. And one day you‘ll find it again.”
#Leaves
#ARichLife
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Happy Monday!
1-Listening
2-Design
3-Problem solving
Design comes easily but I had to work at ‘active‘ listening and creative problem solving☀️
Everyone‘s invited to play! Share and tag!
#majicmonday
@Eggs
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“Each pair in attendance will now receive an envelope containing a set of clues. No two sets of clues are alike. It is not what you have, it‘s what you don‘t have that counts.”
#Games
#ARichLife
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
This novel, the 15th in the Mitford series, was romantic in a special way 😍 The sweet and enduring romance between husband and wife can be the most special!
#Romantics
@ChaptersofChaos
Play? @Kshakal @TheBookgeekFrau @Meshell1313
When a little boy doesn't get the birthday present he wished for, he learns a valuable lesson about charity and generosity.
#Sweater 🧶 ❤️🧣
#ARichLife
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
“I didn‘t scream when Daddy fell from the ladder.”
#firstlinefridays
@ShyBookOwl
“Mickey tried to listen – tried to keep himself in the moment and out of his head. His head, he had learned, was a dangerous neighbourhood where he could get lost – and he was lost in it right now.”
#Chill ❄️🥶❄️
#ARichLife
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
“May this be a place where the laughter of babies is heard, and the gravity of children is answered with loving respect.”
#Blessing
#ARichLife
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
I‘ve discovered a new ‘chapter‘ in the Mitford series by Jan Karon and immediately added it to Mount TBR…published last month.
#Family
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@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Happy Monday🩵🩵
The most formidable project this year was selling the house after 11 years living there, reducing my possessions and moving to a townhouse. So tiring but did not have a choice.
How about you??
#majicmonday
@Eggs
Tagging a few:
@Kshakal @TheBookgeekFrau @Blueberry @GatheringBooks @Ruthiella @Seabreeze_Reader @MidnightBookGirl @ShananigansReads @Leftcoastzen @Meshell1313 @zezeki @AnneCecilie @JessClark78
pickIf you‘ve ever inhabited or visited this region, you‘ll appreciate this.
#Vegetables #Read2025 #Bookspinbingo #LitsyAtoZ
#ARichLife
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @DieAReader @TheAromaofBooks @Texreader
pickTen yo Beatrice has just lost her best friend, her grandma called Glad. She‘s alone and full of sadness battling loss and desolation, and abandonment by her father. Her best friends are a team of 8 cats who follow her everywhere. Then Caleb moves to town…
#Read2025 #Bookspinbingo #LitsyAtoZ #Pantone2025
@DieAReader @TheAromaofBooks @Texreader @BarbaraBB @Lauredhel
pickTrue story of John Meyers and Charles Bender, who in 1911 became the first two Native pro baseball players to face off in a World Series.
#Read2025 #Bookspinbingo #LitsyAtoZ #Pantone2025
@DieAReader @TheAromaofBooks @Texreader @BarbaraBB @Lauredhel
pickJohn Bunyan wrote this while imprisoned during the 1600s for preaching Christianity in public. The protagonist Christian leaves the City of Destruction on his journey to the Celestial City, encountering such spiritual struggles as the Slough of Despond and the River of Death, meeting such characters as Evangelist, Discretion, Giant Despair and many more.
#Read2025 #Bookspinbingo #LitsyAtoZ
#Pantone2025
Nightingale film has been pushed to 2027…
#SundayFunday
@BookmarkTavern
If you haven‘t played, please do!
pick“You‘re the Doc, Doc.”
A fun trip into the past, present and future with Fox as narrator. They never dreamed it would be the huge hit that it was.
#Read2025 #Bookspinbingo #LitsyAtoZ #Pantone2025
@DieAReader @TheAromaofBooks @Texreader @BarbaraBB @Lauredhel
pickFun & funny! Two (platonic rivals) PhDs tie the knot to enhance their chances for a partner-hire faculty position. If you enjoy Abby Jimenez, you‘ll like it.
#Read2025 #Bookspinbingo #LitsyAtoZ #Pantone2025
pick“God has great plans for you. But He cannot give you greater than what you desire for yourself.”
This is the story of Jessie Redmon Fauset (April 27, 1882 – April 30, 1961), who basically kicked off the glorious Harlem Renaissance and helped such writers as Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, Countee Cullen and more. She was also a magazine editor, a published novelist, and lover of W.E.B. DuBois of the NAACP.
“We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie." ~David Mamet
Link to keto lemon pie recipe:
https://www.lowcarbnomad.com/keto-lemon-pie/
#Pie
#ARichLife
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Happy Sunday November 16 ???
When I look at these luscious photos of where I grew up, with the brilliant autumn foliage and the snowy overview of the community, I feel the #Warmth of memories…of the dramatic season changes and the liberty of childhood ❄️🌿☀️🍁
#ARichLife
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
1 & 2: my sweet granddaughters
3, 4 & 5: Christmas decorations!
Play? @CoffeeK8 @kezzlou85 @all_4_kb
#5JoysFriday
@DebinHawaii
“When at the first I took my pen in hand Thus for to write, I did not understand That I at all should make a little book In such a mode; nay, I had undertook To make another, which, when almost done, Before I was aware, I this begun.”
#firstlinefridays
@ShyBookOwl
I have found a diet high in fat and protein but low in carbohydrates with plenty of fresh vegetables can combat inflammation such as headaches, neuralgia, knee and hip pain, fatigue, ennui and more. And with #HomeCooking, you can be more sure of what you‘re ingesting. Happy Thursday🧡
#ARichLife
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
“It often happens that a man is more humanely related to a cat or dog than to any human being.”
-Henry David Thoreau
#Affection
#ARichLife
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
pickWoolever‘s life story is brutally honest and self-deprecating and you have to respect that. Despite addictions to weed, alcohol, pharmaceutical mood-alterers and emotionally unavailable lovers, Laurie reaches success co-writing with Anthony Bourdain until his untimely death in 2018. You‘ll enjoy the plethora of mouth-watering food descriptions as well.
#Read2025 #Bookspinbingo #LitsyAtoZ #Pantone2025
pickCo-creator of How I Met Your Mother, Craig Thomas also wrote this hilarious and poignant novel about 2 writers, husband and wife, who have an adult son with Down‘s and a teenage daughter who‘s neurotypical.
#Read2025 #Bookspinbingo #LitsyAtoZ #Pantone2025
@DieAReader @TheAromaofBooks @Texreader @BarbaraBB @Lauredhel
One of my go-to books for inspiration with color, style, textures and designs. This reminds me of the front porch images that @kspenmoll often shares🩵🩵
#Table
#ARichLife
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Happy Monday! Fun fact: 17 days til Thanksgiving, 6 weeks til Christmas❣️ But, whoa, take a break and tell us what smells make you feel good⬆️
I love spiced bourbon, Christmas tree scents, spiced coffee, vanilla, pumpkin
Repost and tag someone 💖
#majicmonday
@Eggs
Kshakal, Leftcoastzen, AnneCecilie, Blueberry, Born.A.Reader, mrp27, JessClark78, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks, Ruthiella, ravenlee, LiseWorks
“Close your eyes. Hear the silent snow. Listen to your soul speak.”
#Fireside 🔥 ❄️🎄📚
#ARichLife
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Betsy, Tacy and Tib lived in an era without phones, cars, TVs, and convenience. They relied upon nature and imagination and loyalty to enrich their friendship. 💞
#SundayFunday
@BookmarkTavern
Play? @Dilara @RosePressedPages @Leftcoastzen @monalyisha
“Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.”
#Saints
#ARichLife
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
pickThis book was as beautiful as its book jacket. The process of nature's cycles and the imperfections of our lives combine for an engaging look at the human condition: mistakes-suffering-forgiveness and the gentle art of always moving forward. Sometimes that means reconciling with the unresolved…
#Read2025 #Bookspinbingo #LitsyAtoZ #Pantone2025
@DieAReader @TheAromaofBooks @Texreader @BarbaraBB @Lauredhel
pick“The measure of us isn‘t in the day-to-day. And it‘s not in our past or our future. It‘s in the fundamental changes we make within ourselves over a lifetime.”
This conclusion to the Jaipur Trilogy was so satisfying. Really enjoyed this series💜
#Read2025 #Bookspinbingo #LitsyAtoZ #Series2025 #Pantone2025
@DieAReader @TheAromaofBooks @Texreader @BarbaraBB @Lauredhel
“There are content days and there are sad days. Each person is a master of his silence.”
#Souls
#ARichLife
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
“When you don't cover up the world with words and labels, a sense of the miraculous returns to your life that was lost a long time ago when humanity, instead of using thought, became possessed by thought.” Thought for the day…
#Earthy
#ARichLife
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
From Twilight by Louise Gluck, 1943-2023
Nobel, Pulitzer, US Poet Laureate, and more
#Twilight
#ARichLife
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Amid the struggle to navigate change and loss, Lily and her grandmother look for gratitude and the comfort found in mindful attention to the present.
#Grateful
#ARichLife
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Happy Monday! It‘s a crisp 46 degrees Fahrenheit here in central Texas this morning!
I had to drastically downsize my belongings earlier this year which necessitated a hard look at my values and needs. Simplicity feels so unencumbered.
Share and Tag!
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