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BEAR Portraits

bethany c. posted an article on - Nov 10, 2009, 1:56 am
BEAR Portraits by Jill Greenberg 104 Pages Photography of Animals Non-Fiction Little Brown & Company Known for her artistic approach to celebrity photography and advertising, Jill Greenberg goes...
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BEAR Portraits

bethany c. posted an article on - Nov 10, 2009, 1:49 am
BEAR Portraits by Jill Greenberg 104 Pages Photography of Animals Non-Fiction Little Brown & Company Known for her artistic approach to celebrity photography and advertising, Jill Greenberg goes...
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Bath Salts Soak Recipe

bethany c. posted an article on - Nov 9, 2009, 1:43 pm
Spring Scents Bath Salts 3 Cup Epsom Salt 1 Cup Course Sea Salt 1/2 Cup Baking Soda 2 Tbs. Liquid Glycerin 12 drops lavender essential oil 6 drops Ylang Ylang essential oil Food Colouring Red a...
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Rosemary Sea Salt Recipe

bethany c. posted an article on - Nov 5, 2009, 1:17 am
I checked for recipes for Rosemary Sea Salt all over since I wanted to make some of my own. I really couldn’t find much, I did find one by Martha Stewart, and another one that had ground up the ...
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Adria Vasil Author of ECOHOLIC Guest Post: Save Cash and Trash

bethany c. posted an article on - Nov 4, 2009, 1:01 pm
Ecoholic with its Canadian cover and its US Cover Over the last week I have been enjoying an amazing book, Ecoholic: Your Guide to the Most Environmentally Friendly Information, Products, and Service...
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Adria Vasil Author of ECOHOLIC Guest Post: Save Cash and Trash

bethany c. posted an article on - Nov 4, 2009, 12:54 pm
Ecoholic with its Canadian cover and its US Cover Over the last week I have been enjoying an amazing book, Ecoholic: Your Guide to the Most Environmentally Friendly Information, Products, and Service...
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Homemade Christmas in Progress

bethany c. posted an article on - Nov 3, 2009, 12:51 am
Over the next couple of months I am going to highlight some homemade gifts that I am putting together for people this Christmas season. We have decided to go for an exclusively homemade Christmas this...
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God Made Your Body and How God Makes Babies by Jim Burns

bethany c. posted an article on - Nov 1, 2009, 11:30 pm
My husband and I had just started talking about when we would tell the boys about the amazing miracle of babies. Yes, that is right, of sex, fertilization, conception and the process of how babies are...
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We Are All About Age-Appropriate Sex Education!

bethany c. posted an article on - Nov 1, 2009, 11:24 pm
... -detailed language that God made us all unique and special, different and beautiful. Gracefully Burns moves on to name the differences ... daddy make a baby, they each give one special part of ...
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A Celebration of Harvest

bethany c. posted an article on - Oct 31, 2009, 6:56 pm
This is a time of excitement for those who grow their own food because in September and October it is time to reap in the  produce that was seeded in the Spring, and cared for through the hot Summer....
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Summer Memories

bethany c. posted an article on - Oct 29, 2009, 10:46 pm
I love thinking of seasons passed, how one day its warm enough for shorts and running through the sprinkler and within that week everyone is grabbing sweatshirts and watching the leaves change. The tr...
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Catching Fire

bethany c. posted an article on - Oct 27, 2009, 12:11 am
Catching Fire The Hunger Games #2 by Suzanne Collins 391 Pages Young Adult Science Fiction Scholastic Press September 2009 DG Score: 75/100 If you haven’t read The Hunger Games, and yo...
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Catching Fire

bethany c. posted an article on - Oct 27, 2009, 12:09 am
Catching Fire The Hunger Games #2 by Suzanne Collins 391 Pages Young Adult Science Fiction Scholastic Press September 2009 DG Score: 75/100 If you haven’t read The Hunger Games, and yo...
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Ball Jars and Bright Red Fruit

bethany c. posted an article on - Oct 26, 2009, 6:37 pm
Canning tomatoes is one of my favourite fall things to do. I don’t really absolutely love the whole canning process, but I love to crack open the delights one at a time throughout the year until...
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Can't do Dewey's Read-A-Thon? JOIN US!!

bethany c. posted an article on - Oct 20, 2009, 11:56 pm
A couple of weeks ago when our church planned a woman’s retreat for this weekend, I was thrilled- then I realized something. It was scheduled for the same weekend as the Read-A-Thon. I am a book...
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Can't do Dewey's Read-A-Thon? Join Us!

bethany c. posted an article on - Oct 20, 2009, 11:53 pm
A couple of weeks ago when our church planned a woman’s retreat for this weekend, I was thrilled- then I realized something. It was scheduled for the same weekend as the Read-A-Thon. I am a book...
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XOXO Max

bethany c. posted an article on - Oct 20, 2009, 5:39 pm
He gave the best head-butts (giving  you a bloody nose if you weren’t expecting it). Max was a lover, he let the boys lay on him, pet him the wrong way it didn’t matter because he just wa...
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The Return

bethany c. posted an article on - Oct 20, 2009, 1:57 am
The Return by Victoria Hislop 416 Pages Historical Fiction Spanish Civil War October 2009 Harper Collins Advanced Reader’s Copy Sonia’s life is dull and passionless in the midst of...
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The Return

bethany c. posted an article on - Oct 20, 2009, 1:55 am
The Return by Victoria Hislop 416 Pages Historical Fiction Spanish Civil War October 2009 Harper Collins Advanced Reader’s Copy Sonia’s life is dull and passionless in the midst of...
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The World In Half

bethany c. posted an article on - Oct 13, 2009, 12:00 pm
The World in Half by Cristina Henriquez 305 Pages Fiction April 2009 Riverhead Advanced Reader Copy 978-1594488559 Rating: 4/5 Miraflores grows up living with her single mother. Her mother ha...
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The World in Half

bethany c. posted an article on - Oct 13, 2009, 11:56 am
The World in Half by Cristina Henriquez 305 Pages Fiction April 2009 Riverhead Advanced Reader Copy 978-1594488559 Rating: 4/5 Miraflores grows up living with her single mother. Her mother ha...
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I am Going to Run. Hold Me to It!

bethany c. posted an article on - Oct 8, 2009, 1:28 pm
Thinking about running again and about sore muscles. It has been a long time. Life has calmed down a little, the boys are older, they sleep through most nights and I need to take time to do something ...
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A Book Many Died For. (Banned Books Week)

bethany c. posted an article on - Sep 28, 2009, 6:18 pm
This is my second post for Banned Books Week, A week that I see as a celebration of the freedoms we currently have to read what we choose and choose what we read. My favourite banned book is the Bibl...
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A Book Many Died For. (Banned Books Week)

bethany c. posted an article on - Sep 28, 2009, 6:15 pm
This is my second post for Banned Books Week, A week that I see as a celebration of the freedoms we currently have to read what we choose and choose what we read. My favourite banned book is the Bibl...
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TSS: A Readalong!

bethany c. posted an article on - Sep 27, 2009, 6:11 pm
Join the Kristin Lavransdatter Readalong! Hosted by: Richard of Caravana de Recuerdos and Emily of It Was Evening All Afternoon This is some of the description of the book selection off of EmilyR...
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TSS: A Readalong!

bethany c. posted an article on - Sep 27, 2009, 6:07 pm
Join the Kristin Lavransdatter Readalong! Hosted by: Richard of Caravana de Recuerdos and Emily of It Was Evening All Afternoon This is some of the description of the book selection off of EmilyR...
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Speak. Read. Know. Banned Books Week 2009

bethany c. posted an article on - Sep 26, 2009, 11:50 am
... of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted bannings of books across the United States”. (ALA-Banned Books ... aren’t linked to a review. The concept of Banned Books is real...
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Speak. Read. Know. Banned Books Week 2009

bethany c. posted an article on - Sep 26, 2009, 11:48 am
Banned Books Week September 26-October 3 2009 Banned Books Week starts today!!! The celebration of Banned Books Week takes place every year in the last week of September. It is a celebration that bri...
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North of Beautiful

bethany c. posted an article on - Sep 25, 2009, 5:31 pm
North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley 373 Pages Young Adult Fiction Little, Brown and Company February 2009 We all have things that we would change about ourselves, ears, nose, feet, someth...
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North of Beautiful

bethany c. posted an article on - Sep 25, 2009, 5:23 pm
North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley 373 Pages Young Adult Fiction Little, Brown and Company February 2009 We all have things that we would change about ourselves, ears, nose, feet, someth...
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Rejected. Shot Down. Failure?

bethany c. posted an article on - Sep 24, 2009, 11:32 pm
Do you ever do something in your little pond and think that maybe you have a gift? What if you do have a gift, but you let others judge you and make you think that you don’t? Yes, call me pensiv...
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Plants Don't Drink Coffee

bethany c. posted an article on - Sep 23, 2009, 8:04 am
Plants Don’t Drink Coffee by Unai Elorriaga (in original Basque) Translated by Amaia Gabantxo 208 Pages Fiction Archipelago Books July 2009 In Plants Don’t Drink Coffee the reader f...
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Plants Don't Drink Coffee

bethany c. posted an article on - Sep 23, 2009, 7:47 am
Plants Don’t Drink Coffee by Unai Elorriaga (in original Basque) Translated by Amaia Gabantxo 208 Pages Fiction Archipelago Books July 2009 In Plants Don’t Drink Coffee the reader f...
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Our Conquest of Spain: Castles, Knights and Aqueducts

bethany c. posted an article on - Sep 19, 2009, 5:28 pm
On our first stroll through Segovia, Spain: Photo Spain Posts to Date: Spain Through My Camera Lens Our Conquest of Spain: Arrows and Sticks I will try to post pictures here again, but I will be u...
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Our Conquest of Spain: Arrows and Sticks

bethany c. posted an article on - Sep 18, 2009, 5:43 pm
Through the fine skill of archery, we have conquered little kid step at a time the northern mountains of Spain: Los Picos de Europa. Our journey has taken us from Soto de Sajambre to Oseja de Sajambre...
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Spain Through my Camera Lens

bethany c. posted an article on - Sep 15, 2009, 5:00 am
We are in Spain for the next bit, some of you have begged for pictures, others have done nothing short of threatening me….either way I feel the love, thanks! We have loved every day so far, and ...
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Spain Through My Camera Lens

bethany c. posted an article on - Sep 15, 2009, 4:57 am
We are in Spain for the next bit, some of you have begged for pictures, others have done nothing short of threatening me….either way I feel the love, thanks! We have loved every day so far, and ...
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BBAW: Interview with Dissecting Perfection

bethany c. posted an article on - Sep 15, 2009, 2:04 am
Here is my interview with Mya of Dissecting Perfection, go visit her site to see my answers to her questions. Her questions are WAY better than mine. I need to learn to be a better question asker. In...
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Award Wothy Blogs for BBAW

bethany c. posted an article on - Sep 14, 2009, 11:33 am
Best Literary Fiction Blog: The Book Lady’s Blog I love her blog, since day one her style and quality of posts has overwhelmed me to pieces. I love it. Best New Blog: She always posts beautiful ph...
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Award Wothy Blogs for BBAW

bethany c. posted an article on - Sep 14, 2009, 4:04 am
Best Literary Fiction Blog: The Book Lady’s Blog I love her blog, since day one her style and quality of posts has overwhelmed me to pieces. I love it. Best New Blog: She always posts beautiful ph...
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The Posts I submitted for BBAW

bethany c. posted an article on - Sep 12, 2009, 5:21 pm
Just in case you were curious….here are my posts I submitted for the BBAW judging panel. Three are international book reviews, one is a foreign film review and one is a link to my challenge, the...
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The Posts I submitted for BBAW

bethany c. posted an article on - Sep 12, 2009, 5:19 pm
Just in case you were curious….here are my posts I submitted for the BBAW judging panel. Three are international book reviews, one is a foreign film review and one is a link to my challenge, the...
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Other Lives

bethany c. posted an article on - Sep 12, 2009, 4:45 pm
Other Lives by Andre Brink 316 Pages Fiction Sourcebooks Landmark September 2008 Three men living in South Africa whose lives are intertwined to a degree in the matter of hours change their ide...
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Other Lives

bethany c. posted an article on - Sep 12, 2009, 4:42 pm
Other Lives by Andre Brink 316 Pages Fiction Sourcebooks Landmark September 2008 Three men  living in South Africa whose lives are intertwined to a degree in the matter of hours change their id...
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Vote for Me!!

bethany c. posted an article on - Sep 8, 2009, 11:31 am
I am excited to announce that I was shortlisted as a Nominee for Best Cultural Review Blog the Book Blogger Appreciation Week!!! Thank you so much for the nomination, and I am thrilled to be shortlis...
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Vote for Me!

bethany c. posted an article on - Sep 8, 2009, 11:26 am
I am excited to announce that I was shortlisted as a Nominee for Best Cultural Review Blog the Book Blogger Appreciation Week!!! Thank you so much for the nomination, and I am thrilled to be shortlis...
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Trikes and Scooters

bethany c. posted an article on - Sep 2, 2009, 1:51 pm
The boys love the summer, the heat, the long days and most of all that they can play non-stop outside. They have been on a mission run, play and dig enough to last them throughout the rainy season. I ...
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CSN Bookshelf Winner!

bethany c. posted an article on - Aug 31, 2009, 2:52 pm
One very happy reader won this bookshelf!! A HUGE thank you to CSN Office Furniture ! The total number of entries was 97, 60 on Dreadlock Girl. com and 37 on Dreadlock Girl Reads. Thank you so eve...
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CSN Bookshelf Winner!

bethany c. posted an article on - Aug 31, 2009, 2:49 pm
One very happy reader won this bookshelf!! A HUGE thank you to CSN  Office Furniture ! The total number of entries was 97, 60 on Dreadlock Girl. com and 37 on Dreadlock Girl Reads. Thank you so ev...
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Sunday Salon: I am reading.

bethany c. posted an article on - Aug 30, 2009, 5:12 pm
I am almost done with North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley. This is my review in short: “North of Beautiful gets everything that Twilight gets so very wrong- RIGHT!” It is about a te...
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