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    Books & Cooks Letter D: Dill

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    This year I’m going to be combining two of my passions – cooking and kid lit for Books & Cooks! I’ll be bringing you great recipes based on spices of the alphabet that pair perfectly with kid lit books! Next up? The letter D and fresh Dill! Spice: Dill I love pickles!…

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    Books & Cooks Letter C: Cardamom

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    This year I’m going to be combining two of my passions – cooking and kid lit for Books & Cooks! I’ll be bringing you great recipes based on spices of the alphabet that pair perfectly with kid lit books! Next up? The letter C and warm Cardamom! Spice: Cardamom I would expect…

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    Books & Cooks Letter B: Basil

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    This year I’m going to be combining two of my passions – cooking and kid lit for Books & Cooks! I’ll be bringing you great recipes based on spices of the alphabet that pair perfectly with kid lit books! Next up? The letter B and delicious Basil! Spice: Basil There’s something about…

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    Books & Cooks Letter A: Adobo

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    Today’s April 1st! And I’m rolling from one blogging challenge right into another one. This month I’m participating in my fifth annual Blogging from A to Z April Challenge. Take a look at my previous years’ posts – 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019! This year I’m going to be combining two of my…

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    Slice of Life Day 31: So Much More Difficult

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    This year’s Slice of Life Challenge took me a lot more effort than last year’s challenge. I think partly because I shared a lot of great stories last year, but also because of everything that’s going on this year. What with working from home, managing staff in turbulent times, the…

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    Slice of Life Day 30: Kitchen Thoughts

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    Every Sunday, I plan my meals for the week. Over the past few weeks, as we have been sequestered to our home, I have found calm in my kitchen. I know that adding ingredients together (usually) makes for great food. You’ll find me most evenings cooking dinner in the kitchen.…

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    Slice of Life Day 29: Memories

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    Since I’m now working from home and sitting in my home office every day, I figured I need to make it as comfortable as possible for at least the next week, maybe longer! I hate being cold and sitting still for long periods of time is usually when I’m coldest!…

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    Slice of Life Day 28: Clean House or Weekend Plans

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    A number of people I’ve spoken with or have seen on social media are doing spring cleaning projects during the coronavirus. Me? I feel like I’m working overtime to keep everything up and running. And that’s even though the library isn’t even open right now! Which means, now that’s it’s…

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    Slice of Life Day 27: Reading Rogue

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    Even as busy as it’s been over the past few days I finally finished a book! This is a huge accomplishment because the past few weeks have been so crazy and honestly the last thing I want to do at night is to open a book. But finally, I finished…

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    Slice of Life Day 26: Work from Home

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    Yesterday was my first official work from home day. I’ll tell you, I feel a little more relaxed knowing that we’re at least at this point for two weeks now. The stress of the unknown every day was getting to me for sure. Never knowing what the next press conference…