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Slow the Season: A Month-long Free Course this December

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Slow the Season is a FREE month-long course running during December. The course will include lessons delivered directly to your inbox three times each week, with inspiring podcasts, meditations, a mindful gifting planner, juicy journaling prompts, and more goodies (coloring pages, anyone?).

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Ideas for Warm and Cozy Gatherings with Friends

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I'm an introvert, yet I also love nothing more than having a few good friends over to my house for a cozy gathering: to me, this feels so much more comfortable and fun than going out. So I was delighted to find Holly Becker and Leslie Shewring's new book out, Decorate for a Party, which recently hit the shelves.

🔪 My favorite way to decompress is with murder(ful books) 🔪 I started a new job on Thursday that I am absolutely thrilled about — I’m writing ✍️ for our beautiful local university and couldn’t be happier about it — but star
✨ “A town isn’t a town without a bookstore” - Neil Gaiman ✨ Truer words were never spoken! Wishing you a long browse for the long weekend in your favorite indie! #independentbookstore #indiebookstore #bookshoplover #booksbooksbook
🍂 A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers 🍂 The first book of September! I will read absolutely anything that Becky Chambers decides to write, and this second installment in the Monk and Robot series did not disappoint. I’ve heard her w
🎉 August Reads 🎉 In August I fully leaned into mood reading & reading for joy. I'm still walking through a very difficult season personally, and I've been gravitating towards books that offer joy, comfort, healing, escape, or some combination
🍁Beginning to plan Fall reading! 🍁 Lately I’m finding myself craving a mix of challenging/interesting literary fiction like Murakami, and sweet, nourishing books that restore my faith in humanity and are deeply comforting. Last weekend I p
✨ Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda ✨ Finished this fascinating book of short stories in preparation for the Fiction Matters book club tomorrow and really enjoyed it! The linked stories (the connections become clear a few stories in) are fem