Tag: self-care

• 30? Could be 3,000!

  List 30 things that make you happy. In no particular order except for #1 My husband My daughters My books, kindle, and the Libby app My writing My back patio My kitchen My friends far and near My church friends My faith Tutoring Cooking for others Swimming Live theatre Traveling to new places Trying foreign…

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  August 4, 2025

  Essay

  30 things that make you happy, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-2020, Jetpack, self-care, Wordpress, writing

• A Very Merry Bookmas!

  It’s Christmas Day! I’ve had a wonderful Advent and now Christmas season with my family and close friends. It has to be the most relaxed Christmas I’ve ever had, having retired from teaching this January 12, 2024, I came into Advent this year without reams of papers to grade, midterms to create and then grade,…

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  December 25, 2024

  books, Essay, faith, food

  Advent, baking, book-review, books, chocolate, Christmas, cookbooks, cooking, cozy mystery, essays, exercise, faith, family, fiction, food, friends, healthy, Judi Dench, Kate Quinn, Martha Stewart, Maryland, Mass, Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame, nonfiction, novel, Olivia Ford, prayer, reading, self-care, Shakespeare: The Man who Pays the Rent, teacher, teaching, The Briar Club, The Cookbook, writer, writing