Folk songs and haircuts: Awkward and Awesome {2}

    Hello, friends! :-) This month has been so packed and hectic and wonderful, and so that's why I've been pretty scarce around here lately. Blogging has sort of taken a backseat, what with all the reading and writing and snapping beans and pitting cherries and all that fun stuff that goes on around here. Because, seriously, who wants to blog when you can be snapping beans? ;-P But here I am today for another edition...

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Captured by Love Review

 byJody Hedlund       The British army has taken control of Michilimackinac Island and its fort, forcing the Americans to swear an oath of loyalty to the crown in order to retain their land. Pierre Durant is a fur trader who returns after being away from the island for years, only to find the family farm a shambles and those he cares about starving and at the mercy of the British invaders.   ...

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Liebster Awards (3 of them!)

    Hey everyone! I'm home at last from a week at a Christian music camp, which was wonderful and exhausting and hilarious and encouraging and lots of fun. I met so many wonderful people and learned a lot of things, but oh how happy I am to be home again! :-) There really is no place like one's home, as Mr. Woodhouse says.    Anyway, before I left last week, three dear young ladies nominated...

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Awkward and Awesome {1}

  Hey y'all! I've seen these 'Awkward and Awesome' posts floating around the blogosphere for a while, and since I personally think they're so much fun and (since I am notorious for getting myself into awkward situations, which you've no doubt figured out if you know me very well...my sisters know better than anyone :-)), I've decided to do a semi-weekly, actually-scheduled-for-once post series. I'm thinking of doing an 'awkward and awesome'...

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In the Good Ol' Summertime....

      Summertime is always a very busy time for my family, with our produce stand and everything else going on, and sometimes it seems like there's hardly any time to rest and just be. So I suppose that's my excuse for neglecting my little blog. :-)  I've been super occupied with.....well, a lot of things. Work at the stand, work here at home, going places, and trying to write my first novel. But this is the way I like...

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