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When I was asked to write a book review, I had to laugh because my reading repertoire of late has been mostly children’s books. My son is 7 and every night we read together.  His favorite books are the 100 Things to Know series about space, earth, science, and oceans.  We’ve read all of them…

I have always loved to garden. Over the years, despite Colorado’s relatively short and challenging growing season, I developed a love of tropical trees, growing limes and starting plants from seed.  I extend the season and grow large tropical trees by bringing my various plants indoors for the winter.  Several years ago, it became apparent…

The 10,000 Doors of January By Alix E. Harrow “Doors, he told her, are change and change is a dangerous necessity.  Doors are revolutions and upheavals, uncertainties and mysteries, axis points around which entire worlds can be turned.  They are the beginnings and endings of every true story, the passages between that lead to adventures…

Most people would say that fall is the most colorful season in New England with all of the fall foliage that is typically found across the region.   In southeastern Massachusetts, another beautiful aspect of this season is the cranberry harvest! Cranberries grow on low-lying vines in sandy beds known as bogs, and while cranberry cultivation…

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo By Taylor Jenkins Reid   I’ve been reading a lot of mysteries lately and decided to change things up a bit with this one. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it. The book is about Evelyn Hugo, an aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon who tells…