Easter

Are you reading for escape?

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At this time last year, we hosted a fabulous Easter celebration with friends and family from as far away as San Diego making the trip. We laughed, played wiffle ball golf, hunted a gazillion eggs, including colorful cascarones (confetti eggs), and enjoyed food galore.

This year will be quite different. We’re lucky to have neighbors with chickens, so our youngest grandgirls will be able to hunt colored eggs, and there will be ham, but I will devote most of the weekend to reading. It’s my escape.

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Maybe you’d like to escape to the West Coast! Here are seven unique, stand-alone novels you might enjoy.

Wherever you are, I wish you a healthy, safe and joyous Easter.

Deb

Finally Friday: Good Friday, no less!

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Well, what a week it’s been! I didn’t write a blog last Friday because I was a tad preoccupied with Mother Nature’s hissy fit.

Thursday of last week, we got 2.5″ of rain in under two hours. We were soaked the minute we stepped outside because the rain was coming down sideways. The water in our normally dormant little creek rose to within 20′ of our shop, took down living trees, knocked over two power poles and left behind a debris field half a football field wide in places. We scrambled to protect our house and property. We were lucky. Two residents of our county are still missing; their bodies have not been recovered.

 

Deb’s creek: top view is from November, bottom view is from yesterday.

Friday of last week, I was ankle deep in a bog of mud, run-off, cow poop and who knows what else, helping out the cowboy who runs a cow/calf operation on the neighboring property recover what was left of the fence between our two properties. He’s a sweet man who lives two hours away with a lovely wife and four kids and works a full time job. He didn’t have any idea how bad our area got hit until he showed up to check on his cows. The repairs turned out to be a huge job, made more difficult because we couldn’t access the area with a tractor.

I may be the only one who was surprised when I developed a high fever three days later and was diagnosed with strep throat. Nasty flood water + big time germs + high stress and fatigue = bad news. So, today, I’m still resting and recovering and reading!!!

My READ4LESS newsletter went out yesterday and I downloaded some great books from some of my favorite authors: Jean Brashear, Linda Barrett, Rogenna Brewer, plus, a new-to-me pick from Charlene Sands and a time-travel book from Dee Davis! This is the BEST way to heal. 😉

So, what are your plans for Easter? All of my grandgirls have other plans, so I will be hanging out with family. Good food and great people but no little egg-hunters. Sob. Here’s a shot I took of two of them before they left yesterday.

Happy Easter, everyone! Let the Cadbury eggs roll.

Deb