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Five Words: Savor

Wendy Lawton

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: Back in the Central California Books & Such Office

I’m back home, fondly remembering my time away and savoring my return home. That’s your final word for this week– savor.

I thought a lot about that word over Christmas.…

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Five Words: Listen

Wendy Lawton

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: Round Top, Texas

This last fall my husband and I went to a prayer retreat that had one purpose– to help us learn to listen. I was shocked to discover how powerful listening is. I’ve been trying to…

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Five Words: Ask

Wendy Lawton

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: Round Top, Texas

Yesterday at our meeting here in Texas I gave the morning meditation. It was titled, “So What Do You Want?”  Earlier this year I read the account in Mark 10:51 of Jesus leaving Jericho, followed…

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Five Words: Risk

Wendy Lawton

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: Round Top, Texas

Every year the agents at Books & Such spend some serious time setting professional goals. We have to commit to paper what we want to accomplish including specific financial and performance goals. Last year was…

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Five Words: Dream

Wendy Lawton

Blogger: Wendy Lawton

Location: Round Top, Texas

Elizabeth Barrett Browning said: “God’s gifts put man’s best dreams to shame.”  At the beginning of a new year, our job is to dream.

Hopefully by now, you’ve spent time analyzing the past year. Socrates said…

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What’s New? Crafting Retreats

Janet Grant

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

The last few days I’ve been exploring trends in our culture that can inform what we write about or how we reach readers. One idea that’s been around for…

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What’s New? The Domestic Arts

Janet Grant

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

I like to take the first few days of each year to get my grounding, to stabilize my feet under me, and to consider what the new year might…

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Remembered Person: Santa Claus, Sort of

Michelle Ule

Blogger: Michelle Ule

Location: Santa Rosa, Calif.

We didn’t raise our children to believe in Santa Claus. It wasn’t that we told them there wasn’t a Santa Claus; we just didn’t discuss him as a present-provider. We sort of punted on the…

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Remembering Christmas: A Special Couple

Mary Keeley

Blogger: Mary Keeley

Location: Books & Such Midwest Office, IL

In my child’s view, the family Christmas Eve celebration never really began until Aunt Elizabeth and Uncle George arrived. They lit up the house with cheer and laughter. That was a special…

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Christmas Memories: Remembering the Twins

Rachel Kent

Blogger: Rachel Kent

Location: Home in Santa Rosa

A couple of months ago my Great Aunt Irene passed away. She was a twin and her twin sister, Eileen, passed away almost ten years ago. I remember seeing them every year at Christmas.…

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