crafts and hobbies
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Focus on the New: Nonfiction
Posted about 4 years ago by Lisa Crisman
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Book Reviews, crafts and hobbies, Health and Wellness, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations, Writing
| Tagged with beekeeping, environment, gardening, graphics, immigration, nonfiction, parenting, teaching, writing
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines nonfiction as “writing or cinema that is about facts and real events.” Nonfiction titles may express an author’s point of view. Some nonfiction attempts to inform […]
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Focus on the New: Embroidery and Fiber Arts
Posted about 4 years ago by Lisa Crisman
While Covid-19 is keeping us close to home, many folks are developing new skills or revisiting old ones. Baking, sewing, painting, writing, gardening and graphic arts are just a few […]
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10 Books for the Crafty Teen
Posted about 4 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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crafts and hobbies, Reading Recommendations, Teens
| Tagged with #crafty, #craftyteen, #creativeteen, #diy, #quarancrafts
Many of us are probably feeling the same way these days. We know it’s safer to stay at home but we are starting to get bored. Ok, not starting to..we’ve […]
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RPL’s Big Bread-making Blog Post
Posted about 4 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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crafts and hobbies, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with #baker, #baking, #bread, #breadbaking, cooking
Oddly enough, one of the unintended consequences of staying safe at home seems to be that people have discovered (or re-discovered) their love of bread-making. Who knows why so many […]
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Grocery Shopping from the Back Porch, Part 2
Posted about 4 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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crafts and hobbies, Gardening, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with e-books, gardening, Kitchen Garden, novice gardener, Resilience Garden, seeds;, vegetable garden, Victory Garden
GROCERY SHOPPING FROM THE BACK PORCH, Part 2 by Meldon Jenkins-Jones In the words of Nicole Johnsey Burke, the author of Kitchen Garden Revival: A Modern Guide to Creating a […]
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Creating Space: Personal reflections on inspiring spaces
Posted about 4 years ago by Natalie Draper
I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about space. Not outer space, though sometimes that too, but the spaces we live in, and more importantly, how we interact with, […]
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Grocery Shopping from the Back Porch
Posted about 4 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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crafts and hobbies, Gardening, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with e-books, gardening, novice gardener, seeds;, vegetable garden
Grocery Shopping from the Back Porch That’s my plan. At least, for vegetables. Last weekend a friend left some seeds on the porch that I planted in tiny seedling containers […]
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Stuck at home with nothing to do? Time to work on a new hobby, and we’re here to help.
Posted about 5 years ago by Natalie Draper
So, all of those things you wish you had the time to learn how to do? Knitting, crocheting, felting, quilting, mending, screen printing, weaving, rug hooking, painting, drawing, embroidery, pottery, […]
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