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#scsbc14 Semi-Charmed Summer Book Challenge: Second Update
Uncategorized ► July 9, 2014

#scsbc14 Semi-Charmed Summer Book Challenge: Second Update

Once again, I am a little late in posting my second update for the Semi-Charmed Summer Book Challenge. And once again I have only read two books. I am slowly but surely making a little...

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Reading Roundup // 05
Uncategorized ► July 3, 2014

Reading Roundup // 05

It’s been quite some time since I posted a Reading Roundup. I was in a reading rut for awhile, so even though I kept planning to review some books I kept pushing it back. Today...

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#scsbc14 Semi-Charmed Summer Book Challenge: First Update
Uncategorized ► June 7, 2014

#scsbc14 Semi-Charmed Summer Book Challenge: First Update

I was thinking that it’s about time that I write an update for the Semi-Charmed Summer Book Challenge. I’ve only read two books for the challenge so far. 5 points: Freebie! Read any book that...

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Reading Roundup // 04
Uncategorized ► June 5, 2014

Reading Roundup // 04

I’ve been in a bit of a reading rut lately. I started a few books but never got into them and eventually put them aside, so I only have three books to talk about today....

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Best Book of August
Uncategorized ► August 30, 2013

Best Book of August

This picture is completely unrelated to the post, but I dug it up today and thought it was adorable. And everyone could use a little dose of adorable on a Friday, right? So, books! It’s...

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Best Book in July
Uncategorized ► July 31, 2013

Best Book in July

I’m posting things a little out of order this week because I don’t have pictures ready for the post I had scheduled to put up tonight and I’ve been a little busy this evening. As...

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Summer Reading: The Dinner, by Herman Koch
Uncategorized ► July 19, 2013

Summer Reading: The Dinner, by Herman Koch

THE DINNER by Herman Koch has been on my to-read list for a couple of months now. I loved the idea of a novel that takes place at a dinner between two couples and as...

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I'm Crystal, the storyteller behind Dreams, etc. I'm all about learning how to live slowly & sustainably, while also seeking adventure as we follow our dreams, etc.

May 2023. Savannah, Georgia. Lots of Mina. Lots of May 2023. Savannah, Georgia. Lots of Mina. Lots of new growth on plants.
The other day I realized that there is no Savannah The other day I realized that there is no Savannah on my feed and…well, Savannah is beautiful and needs to be there. These were taken in Lafayette Square on my second day in Georgia.
Picture it. It’s the day after Thanksgiving. I d Picture it. It’s the day after Thanksgiving. I didn’t go on my weekly dam walk earlier in the week when I was excited about it. On this day I was tired after a long week and my least favorite holiday. My bed was oh so comfortable. I forced myself to roll out of bed and journey to the dam. It was filled with people and I was pokey…taking my time to get there and even journeying down one of the other paths to avoid walking across the dam. (Which isn’t long.) I finally joined the crowd and walked across. And then came back, happy to have made my weekly journey. This is when the top layer of the water started to freeze.
From March: an old mini vlog from a bagpipe rock c From March: an old mini vlog from a bagpipe rock concert, which is mostly me trying the say bagpipe rock. Some word combinations are hard! 😂 There was a sign asking us not to film, which is why there’s no concert footage.
Some of my weekly dam walks have been therapeutic Some of my weekly dam walks have been therapeutic and while the walks haven’t fixed the problems, they’ve help me breathe and connect with the world and relieve stress. 💕
April 2023. We got more snow, but it also melted. April 2023. We got more snow, but it also melted. The dam was almost overflowing. The animals are beginning to emerge. Spring is here!
Happy Independent Bookstore Day! After a coffee st Happy Independent Bookstore Day! After a coffee stop (of course) a friend and I checks out two indie bookstores that we have never been to before. I definitely want to go back to Uncle Hugo’s and Uncle Edgar’s! Did you do anything for #independentbookstoreday

#indiebookstore #indiebookshop
After watching some shopping ASMR videos I had to After watching some shopping ASMR videos I had to try it.

#asmr #groceryshopping #groceryshop  #asmrvideos
I’m a little behind in weekly dam walk reels. Le I’m a little behind in weekly dam walk reels. Let’s go back to the third week in November when there was just a little snow on the ground and the footprints in the snow seemed notable.
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