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• It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

  

  I started a project to Live Like Julia on a dare from Karen Karbo, author of Julia Child Rules: Wanted: Bloggers to #LiveLikeJulia For One Week and Write About... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Sunday Salon — August 25

  

  Happy Sunday!Time: // 9:03 amThe scene: // at my desk looking out at what promises to be a much more typical August day than we’ve been getting this summer — ho... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Weekend Cooking: Veggie Pasta

  

  You would think that in a week when I have pledged to Live Like Julia, I would manage to produce a Julia Child recipe for a Weekend Cooking post. Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Live Like Julia

  

  After enjoying the e-ARC of Julia Child Rules by Karen Karbo (due out October 1st), I wanted to play along with this event: Wanted: Bloggers to #LiveLikeJulia... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• An Autobiography of Cheese: From Cheese Hater to Cheese Club Member

  

  This post was inspired by The Whole Fromage by Kathe Lison, who traveled to France in search of its artisanal cheeses. Join From Left to Write on August 22 as w... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Back to School Reading Challenge and Wednesday Book Club — August 21

  

  Welcome to the Back to School Reading Challenge and Wednesday Book Club! We’re reading books to learn new things.You’re welcome to join us! The challenge runs... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Readers’ Workouts — August 20

  

  Welcome to Readers’ Workouts, the weekly event where we share workout stories, goals, successes, and challenges.I got my exercise mojo back a few days ago and... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Book Review: Death in the City of Light by David King

  

  Book: Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris by David King Genre: True Crime Publisher: Broadway Paperbacks Publication date:... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Sunday Salon — August 18

  

  Happy Sunday!Time: // 8:30 amThe scene: // at my desk looking out at a cloudy day in the coolest August I can remember. Like most mornings in the last couple... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Back to School Reading Challenge and Wednesday Book Club — August 14

  

  Welcome to the Back to School Reading Challenge and Wednesday Book Club! We’re reading books to learn new things.You’re welcome to join us even if you didn’t... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Readers’ Workouts — August 13

  

  Welcome to Readers’ Workouts, the weekly event where we share workout stories, goals, successes, and challenges.I got busy with other things, but I’m still... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Last Day in France

  

  On our last day in France we took the Hop-On Hop-Off bus so that we could get around to some of the places we hadn’t seen earlier. Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• The Sunday Salon — My First

  

  I’ve decided I’d like to use The Sunday Salon as a way to post little bookish things that aren’t book reviews. I enjoy these posts so much on other people’s... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• The Louvre and Shopping in Paris!

  

  Here’s our day at the Louvre. The first full day we were in Paris, we took a walk in between our tour activities and our first sighting of I.M. Pei’s pyramid... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Book Lovers’ Day

  

  Did you know that August 9 is Book Lovers’ Day? I’m celebrating by putting up this cool graphic sent to me by the folks at Ghergich Co, returning my library... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• How Children Succeed — The Back to School Read Along Selection

  

  Thanks to everyone who voted in our Choose our Back to School Read-Along Book survey. We had a close race between Don’t Go Back to School: A Handbook for... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Back to School Reading Challenge and Wednesday Book Club — August 7

  

  Welcome to the first meeting of the Back to School Reading Challenge and Wednesday Book Club! We had quite a few folks sign up on the original post, Back to... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Readers’ Workouts — August 6

  

  Welcome to Readers’ Workouts, the weekly event where we share workout stories, goals, successes, and challenges. A new month is a great time to begin start a... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• Day 2 — Paris

  

  I posted about our first day on our own in Paris on Saturday, The Avenue des Champs-Élysées. Our second day was devoted to art. Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS

• It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

  

  ReadI posted my review of a writing book that I find useful both for character development and plotting: Book Review: 45 Master Characters by Victoria Lynn... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 BOOKS, FITNESS