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“The only reason we were put on this earth. To say to each other, I know how you feel” writes @CatheriNewman in #Sandwich. A family cottage getaway allows a mom to reflect on her life as she is “sandwiched” between her aging parents and her ever growing children.
August 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
“Sometimes what looks like magic is simply a part of life we don’t understand yet,” writes @matthaig.bsky.social in #TheLifeImpossible. It takes a move to Ibiza, a new belief in herself & an encounter with mysticism for Grace to realize that each day is a gift meant to be fully embraced.
July 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Today’s garden visitor was the #SpicebushSwallowTailButterfly 🦋
July 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“People are by no means exempt from the experience of strong passions,” writes #SallyRooney in #Intermezzo. 2 very different brothers must accept their father‘s death & each other. “Judgement, reproval,disappointment, conflict: these are the means by which people remain connected to 1 another.”
July 21, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Now this makes me happy - #TigerSwallowtail #ConeFlower
July 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
“They only had each other to love, to cling on to, a tiny island in the great sea of the world,” writes #JennyColgan in #CloseKnit. Set in the Scottish Northern Isles, Gertie learns to be fearless in the face of a weather disaster.
July 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I love when the #coneflowers are blooming in all of their glory & that the #honeybees enjoy them as well!
July 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
“Domestic violence had changed my life…how alone & misunderstood I felt by everyone but my family,” writes #GriffinDunne in #TheFridayAfternoonClub. From his father’s closeted sexuality, his sister’s brutal murder & his own journey to peace this was read in family drama &
July 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
This is #infertility
July 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
- #Lantana is one of my favourite #annuals. But I was reminded tonight that I need to wear gloves when I deadhead. It really does give the skin a real shock if not.
July 2, 2025 at 11:34 PM
#FannieFlagg’s #IStillDreamAboutYou is a hilarious story of eccentric characters. Maggie decides to end her life, but life actually gets in her way. This is fun & endearing. “Maybe it was all right to be…just a little bit out of step with the rest of the world, but very happy.”
June 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM
“Even though I expect his lies, does he expect mine? “ writes @ashley_elston in #FirstLieWins. This is a thriller full of aliases & hidden agendas. Can one con artist get the best of her boss? Can honesty ever ring true? This is a quick read but very engrossing.
June 17, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Just a phenomenal experience at the #Beal #StudentArtShow. Happy to support our former students & also purchase some of their amazing pieces.
June 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
“So exciting to be searching for something. It gives us purpose,” writes @itsmcronin in #EddieWinstonIsLookingForLove. This is a charming story of 90 yr old Eddie & his search for emotional intimacy. A truly ❤️ warming read. “There is no limit on love…I close my eyes & it begins.”
June 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I really do love #peonies.
June 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
June 6, 2025 at 1:31 AM
“We know each other & we are blood, but we are not close” writes #jamiattenberg in #AReasonToSeeYouAgain. Strained family relationships, hidden sexual identity & undisclosed grievances create conflict in this painful but redemptive tale where “secrets are such a waste of time.”
June 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I caved…and it was SO worth it. If you love a #LondonFog, this is for you. #PCBlackLabelIceCream
May 31, 2025 at 12:46 AM
#JessicaSoffer’s #ThisIsALoveStory is “the stories that live only in us,
within us, & how they die every day with us too.”Told through multiple perspectives, Abe & Jane’s 50 year relationship is for better or worse. As Jane dies she realizes “isn’t this something? Just being here.”
May 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Very impressed by the natural beauty of #QuancePark #QuanceDam in #Delhi. It was such a glorious day for a walk in such a peaceful spot.
May 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
An inspirational take on parenthood & family connection. #WillReeve retraces his father’s passion for the migration of the gray whale. In doing so, he ultimately makes new relationships that further strengthen his family bonds.
May 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
When you have the best husband who buys you the cutest planters!
May 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
“We’re a boyfriend & a girlfriend looking for a place to have a blessed time,” writes #JasonReynolds in #TwentyFourSecondsFromNow. Told in reverse sequence, this is a #YANovel about the ‘first time’. In true Reynolds fashion is it a “regular story…a mirror…me…her…us.”
May 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
In #HappinessFalls, a family whose dad goes missing must deal with “cryptic ways of referring to things you don’t want to say out loud.” #AngieKim explores how family secrets & the struggles of a child with #AngelmanSyndrome cause division & ultimate understanding.
May 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A beautiful experience at #Berkelbloem #TulipFarm today.
May 16, 2025 at 1:19 AM