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Cold Brew in a Mason Jar

I've been whipping up a quart of cold brew coffee concentrate in a Mason jar about every other day this summer. It is SO easy and SO yummy and WAY cheaper than a coffee shop!

When I was growing up much of our food came out of Mason jars. Food that my mother had put into those very Mason Jars and then collected on shelves until it was time to feed her family. Exhibit A: Geeky 12-year-old Karla on her birthday. While I have to laugh at the glasses that were in style in 1977 I appreciate so many of the details in this photo: the sweetly-decorated home-make cake, the…

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Review: Lake Reflections Felting Kit

Today I'm going to review the new-to-me craft of needle felting with the Lake Reflections needle felting kit from Felted Sky. They call it painting with wool and I can see why.

I’ve mentioned before about the lack of art instruction during my school years. While I don’t guess that has hindered my development as a human being, I know I would have enjoyed taking some art classes back in the day. I wouldn’t call myself an artist but I do have a creative bent and enjoy dabbling in different mediums. My favorites, I think, are the fiber arts: knitting, crocheting,…

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Friday Freebies: Christmas in July edition

I only read Christmas-themed books during the holiday season. That doesn't keep me from nabbing Christmas ebooks when I see them. I just collect them in a folder on my Kindle and then I have plenty to choose from when the time comes.

For the past several years I’ve shared a collection of Christmas-themed Kindle freebies in the weeks leading up to Christmas. That’s actually what led to me starting the Friday Freebies series. However, if you have been with me since then you know I can’t stand to read Christmas novels–or, to be honest, do anything pertaining to Christmas–except for the weeks between Thanksgiving and New…

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What I Read in June

It's always interesting to me to look back and see what I've read recently. I don't usually plan ahead, but pick up books that appeal to me at the moment. This could explain why I often have two (or five) books going at once.

It’s always interesting to me to look back and see what I’ve read recently. I don’t usually plan ahead, but pick up books that appeal to me at the moment. This could explain why I often have two (or five) books going at once. Looks like I was in a YA kind of mood for much of June. Plus audiobooks, some of which we listened to as we traveled. My star ratings are according to GoodReads…

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Oklahoma Road Trip

Last week we made another trip to Arkansas to take the last of our stuff. For one part of the trip we chose to follow Highway 412 across northern Oklahoma. I was especially interested to travel across the panhandle...

Last week we made another trip to Arkansas to take the last of our stuff. We will be in Idaho another 6 weeks or so, then we plan to take a more relaxed vacation road trip with our travel trailer as our final moving trip. These “quick” cargo trips have mostly been on the shortest route via Interstate. Even at that, it takes us 3 days each way to make the trip pulling a trailer. This time we…

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Friday Freebies

Happy Independence Day Weekend! I hope you’ll find a time to fix yourself a glass of lemonade (or whatever your favorite iced drink is) and find a cool, shady spot to lose yourself for in a story for a little bit. Here are a few freebies I found to add to my Kindle this week. Usual Disclosure: These are affiliate links which means I may earn a small commission on your Amazon purchase. Featured…

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Review: IQ Circuit

A few weeks ago I shared a Family Road Trip Reading List along with a few other in-car activities. I’m a huge proponent of off-screen activities for road trips. It’s hard to create family memories if everyone’s focus is on their individual screens. I’ve always enjoyed planning travel activities for our family road trips. Travel bingo, license plate lists, and the alphabet game are always fun to…

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12 Books for the 4th of July

Are you doing anything special for the 4th of July? How many times have you been asked that or something similar for any given holiday? It seems that asking about holiday or weekend plans have taken the “How are you?” and “What about this weather?” chit-chat to the next level. That and “How’s your day goin’ so far?” I’m talking about the trite conversations the cashier at the grocery store or…

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Friday Freebies

We're headed out on another road trip, this one mostly on the Interstate, so it's time to load up the Kindle. (I'm pretending like there's not already a gazillion unread books already on my Kindle. Just play along with me.)

We’re headed out on another road trip, this one mostly on the Interstate, so it’s time to load up the Kindle. (I’m pretending like there’s not already a gazillion unread books already on my Kindle. Just play along with me.) You probably need some new ones on yours, too, don’t you? I thought so. Let’s see what’s available for free this week… Usual Disclosure: These are affiliate links which…

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Review: Silent Altitudes

Today I’m reviewing Silent Altitudes, a Christian sci-fi novel by Michael James Emberger. Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy of Silent Altitudes from Prism Book Tours. This post includes affiliate links which means I may earn a small commission on your Amazon purchase. My Review What would it look like if scientists were able to develop a solution to the “global warming” problem? And…

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Two-Lane Road Trips: Part 1

We always love getting off the Interstate for road trips when time allows, which is not as often as we would like. However, later this summer Lyle will be between jobs so we are going to take a couple weeks to meander across the country on two-lane highways as we make our final moving trip to Arkansas. The first segment we have planned is to travel the Great Northern Route (U.S. Highway 2)…

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Friday Freebies

Today's free books list includes an eclectic selection of titles... Young Adult, historical fiction, adventure, cozy mystery, a vintage book, and a collection of short stories. In other words, something for almost everyone.

Today’s free books list includes an eclectic selection of titles… Young Adult, historical fiction, adventure, cozy mystery, a vintage book, and a collection of short stories. In other words, something for almost everyone. Usual Disclosure: These are affiliate links which means I may earn a small commission on your Amazon purchase. Featured titles were all free when I listed them, but please…

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Review: Dusk's Darkest Shores

Review: Dusk’s Darkest Shores

If you’re a fan of Regency romance novels you’ll not want to miss Dusk’s Darkest Shores by Carolyn Miller. I went through a phase a number of years ago where I read Regency romances voraciously. At this stage of my life I enjoy more of a mix of genres but I do find myself picking up a Regency now and again, especially if the storyline intrigues me. This one did! Check out my review and read…

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Friday Freebies: Beach Read Edition

Hello, June! I love this season of the year… the long daylight hours and the balmy weather. (We won’t mention the 2 days this week where the temp soared above 90. That’s unusual for north Idaho and it’s already starting to cool back down to the more normal temps of daytime 70s.) Time to start loading up the Kindle with some beach reads. Do you ever sit on the beach to read? I don’t. Or at least…

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What I Read in May

For the past couple of years I’ve posted year-end reading lists, but it occurred to me the other day that it might be more helpful to post my reading monthly. It would be a more manageable list and I will be more apt to share what I thought. I’m going to give it a try anyway. Let me know if you find it helpful. My star ratings are according to GoodReads definitions: Did not like itIt was…

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Friday Freebies

It’s time once again for my weekly (or bi-weekly, as the case may be) list of currently free ebooks that piqued my interest. Maybe you’ll find something here that interests you as well. If you missed my post last Friday it’s because nothing on the free list caught my eye at that time. But it’s not like I ran out of something to read or anything like that. Though that literally did happen to me…

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10 Things to Do Off-grid

We enjoyed our first camping trip of the season this past weekend. We were only gone 2 nights but it was fun to go off-grid for a few hours. Lyle and I took our trailer north to Priest Lake, almost to the Canadian border. We had no electrical or water hook-ups and no cell signal or internet service. In no particular order, here are a few things we found to do. 1. Cook over the fire. Our…

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