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| New Christmas book! |
My new book is out this week!
Little Farm for the Holidays is a cozy, inspiring little read to bring more light and cheer to your Christmas. In these warmhearted true stories, you’ll find easy, down-to-earth ways to enhance your holiday gifting and celebrations—all with a homestead, country flavor.
You’ll also find thoughtful, gentle guidance for making the most of the season.
*Here’s an excerpt from the first chapter, “Cozy Season”…
As Christmas draws nearer, and the winter’s chill sets in, life seems to take on a whole new tenor. If you live in the Northern hemisphere, in the dark days leading to the winter solstice it seems natural to live more attuned to the slower rhythms of the season.
At our little homestead, choosing calming, comfy—and simple—pastimes is how my husband John and I like to get into holiday mode: baking goodies, taking easy walks down our quiet little lane, and of course, reading books.
If you’re a big reader like me, I think choosing something uplifting is both comforting and relaxing, and the reason I created this mini-ebook!
This simpler mindset has served us well, given our ever-shifting home and extended family landscape. Like John and me, I’m sure you’ve experienced the many ups and downs of elderly parents, grown children and grandkids, and job and financial worries. Then there’s the vagaries of winter weather and power outages.
All in all, those unexpected twists and turns have taught us that the best-laid plans often go awry.
So if I’ve learned anything about our holiday celebrations, it’s to stay flexible…and not get too invested in any single activity. Reflecting my own background and John’s, this little book will pretty much focus on the rituals of European and Western festive traditions. Yet there are so many joy-producing activities anyone can bring to the holidays…
*One activity I especially love is in this second little excerpt, adapted from the chapter, “A Season of Thanks”…
What if everyone decided to rebel against the Thanksgiving weekend shop-a-thon?
Ignore all the Black Friday deals and come-ons, the opportunities to save big, and stop shopping altogether, from Thanksgiving into the next week? Turn our November holiday into something very different from the current shopping spree?
As a book lover, I’m lobbying for something that you can do at home, is easy and it’s inexpensive or even free: a book celebration! How about swapping out shopping for reading…and you can spend your Thanksgiving weekend curled up with a book. (Or books!) Surely it’s the best time to be thankful for the gift of reading…
Little Farm for the Holidays is available in ebook at all online bookstores, and in paperback at Barnes & Noble: Amazon, Kobo, Apple and Barnes & Noble. You can also read it for free, by requesting the ebook or paperback at your neighborhood library.
And on the subject of reading…The first box set of my Irish novels has been selected for Barnes & Noble’s Bestsellers Under $10 Promotion!
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| On sale for a great price! |
This eBook Box Set of 4 novels includes The Hopeful Romantic, a tender holiday novel about reconciliation and following your dreams.
So you’re game to make your Thanksgiving a weekend of reading…whether you like novels, non-fiction, kids’ books, or comic books, all you have to do is line up something to read before next Thursday…
Besides books…With Thanksgiving just around the corner, cooking and good food is also on my mind. If you feel the same, you’ll find “How Did You Learn to Cook? & Book Love” over at my Little Farm November newsletter!
