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I promised this review like a week ago—sorry! I needed to sit with this one a bit longer to gather my thoughts. THE LADY BREWER OF LONDON - Karen Brooks Adult (fiction) ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 1. One of the best covers I’ve seen in a while. 🧡 2. Sto
Et voilà! That was actually super easy and they smell amazing. Shea butter soap base, lavender extract and dried lavender, with silicon soap mold and a glass bowl. Easy peasy and a nice way to relax after reading a super stressful book. More
“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.” ―Abigail Adams Realized I have a LOT of lavender growing in my garden. Obviously that means it’s time to learn how to make homem
We all have forests on our minds. Forests unexplored, unending. Each one of us gets lost in the forest, every night, alone. -Ursula K. Le Guin
We don’t need a list of rights and wrongs, tables of dos and don’ts: we need books, time, and silence. ‘Thou shalt not’ is soon forgotten, but ‘Once upon a time’ lasts forever. — Philip Pullman
People ask me all the time what I’m reading, so I’m going to make a concerted effort to post book reviews/recs. This will include children’s books, YA, adult and books on writing… I’m sort of all over the place. YEAR
Our local bookstore doesn’t get nearly enough love on this page. I visited the other day 🎶 for the first time in forever 🎶 and it felt so good. They are hoping to relaunch their in-person readings and book signings this fall. 🤞Can’t wa
Livingston Manor, NY — such a cute little town and a nice spot for ice cream during our trip to Mongaup Pond Campsite. Main Street was lined with a series of flags showing yearbook photos of the town’s ~dozen high school graduates. We bou
We had an impromptu picnic on their lawn a few weeks ago with delicious food from the diner around the corner. Thanks, Hartland Library (and Hartland Diner)! 🥞 🍕 📚 @hartlandlibraryvt @hartlanddiner
It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting. —Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist)
Spotted: Little Free Library in Stowe, Vermont 📖
🦆 “Why don’t we build a nest and raise our ducklings right in this pond? There are no foxes and no turtles, and the people feed us peanuts. What could be better?” -Robert McCloskey (Make Way for Ducklings)
There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn't. -John Green (Turtles All the Way Down)
The Stowe Free Library & Helen Day Art Center is located in this classic Greek Revival building in Stowe, Vermont. It was built in the 1860s as a children’s school, and restored in the 1980s thanks to a generous bequest from Helen Day Monta
Local indie bookshop in Burlington, VT! A great place to find REGULARLY discounted new and used books — including children’s books for 15% off. Crow Bookshop is located on a pedestrian strip in the heart of Burlington, so it’s a gre
The face of a golden retriever feels like home. -David Rosenfelt I gave this photo the Lisa Frank treatment. Those good boys deserve the best. 🐶 🌈
Bear Pond Books — the second largest independent bookstore in Vermont! Located in the historic Depot Building in Stowe, with a huge selection—including children’s book, cookbooks, novels and more from local Vermont authors and illus
My favorite journey is looking out the window. -Edward Gorey
She turned to the sunlight And shook her yellow head, And whispered to her neighbor: "Winter is dead.” -A.A. Milne
It is very hard for evil to take hold of the unconsenting soul. -Ursula K. Le Guin