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It’s Banned Books Week.I’ve spent some time this week looking over the list of 100 top banned and challenged books from the American Library Association. I’ve laughed at the inclusion of chi …

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Not long after I posted last week’s blog, I received a news alert sharing the sad news that Supreme Court Justice and legendary human being Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died due to metastatic pancreatic ca …

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Things are getting a little scary with regards to the pandemic in our home state. While West Virginia enjoyed low infection and transmission rates back in March, April, and May our curve has been gett …

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As I have said many times before, I’m an indoorsy kinda gal. I am married to an outdoorsy guy. He hikes and mountain bikes and rock climbs. I get vertigo standing too close to a sharp incline, my husb …

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In my house, autumn begins September first.Yes, I realize that meteorologically, autumn doesn’t begin until the equinox; but once I flip the calendar page over - it’s FALL, y’all. I don’t care if it i …

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I’ve spent a lot of time this week revisiting some of my favorite fairy tales. I love the promise of the phrase “Once upon a time...” When I was a wee girl, my Gran gave me a gorgeous book of the coll …

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