October was the month to curl up with a favourite quilt, a book, and a cup of tea. I have been going between a denim quilt made from worn-out jeans and a turquoise and red log cabin quilt. My favourite tea has been Earl Grey unless is it evening and then I switch to Twinnings Cranberry & Raspberry. I was sad when they discontinued the Cranberry and Blood Orange. I had a stack of books. So here are some of…
One of our favourite holidays was last summer in Budapest. We enjoyed walking the city and seeing Saint Stephan’s Basilica and we did see the hand. My son and I sat in a coffee shop along the Danube River. Okay, if you want to really know it was a Starbucks but we did enjoy lots of local food as well. So when I had the chance to review The Refrain Within, it didn’t take me but a minute to rush and…
What are you waiting for? We are all waiting for something. How are you waiting? What are you doing in the times of waiting? I recently had the opportunity to review a Bible Study, In the Waiting by Jazmin Frank. About In the Waiting Jazmin describes the book this way: We’re all waiting for something—change, healing, freedom, connection, community, deliverance. We get to decide how we handle that waiting. Do we focus on the thing we want, or do we…
Have you ever had a destination Christmas? Have you ever had the whole extended family in a beach house? I have done that with my family in the summer. I will save the funny and not so funny stories about everyone in one house for a week. Well, Sand & Mistletoe is a destination Christmas tale. Portia is not the oldest sister, that is Cressida. She is not the “get the job done” sister, that is Jessica. She is not…
Brought to Book is described as a Christian cozy mystery. It just the kind of book to read with a hot drink and a cozy warm blanket. That is the season we are about to enter here so this book is perfect. Katrina loves books so much that she volunteer’s at Frank’s Bookstore. Then one day she finds a dead body. Who did it and why would anyone want to murder Frank. Katrina is drawn into the investigation and that…