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Grocery Shopping from the Back Porch, Part 2

Posted about 4 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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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Reading Pandemic Fiction in a Pandemic

Posted about 4 years ago by Meg Raymond
Is this pandemic messing with your reading habits? It’s messing with mine. I have more time for reading, but reading has gotten so much more difficult. I am one of […]
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Grocery Shopping from the Back Porch

Posted about 4 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones
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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Antidote for Reality: Romance Reads

Posted about 4 years ago by Robyn Webb
Together, let’s take a moment to step back from being inundated with news and worry. In this new series of blog posts about escapist reads, we’ll introduce you to new […]
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Pandemic? Don’t Panic. Stay home and read!

Posted about 4 years ago by Natalie Draper
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A good book can get you through just about any crisis, and sometimes, reading about the very thing that scares us can be a thrill, or catharsis. If you don’t […]
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Let’s Hear it For the Ladies

Posted about 4 years ago by Meg Raymond
Surprisingly (or not so surprisingly), Women’s History Month dates only back to 1981, when Congress passed Pub. L 97-28 which authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning […]
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Upcoming Indie Releases for 2020

Posted about 4 years ago by Phil Shepard
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Gothic YAs for the Long, Dark Winter

Posted about 4 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
I am particularly drawn to a good, dark read during the winter months.  Something about the extended hours of darkness and the cold, crisp air really gets me in the […]
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African-American History Month in Richmond

Posted about 4 years ago by Meg Raymond
I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my […]
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