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Welcome, friend! Relax & rest awhile, if you please. I am an ordinary gal, a follower of Christ, mama to Gabriel, Heidi, & Aidan; and wife to Evan. Here on this little blog, I share all manner of bookish things, including full content reviews, writerly snippets, encouragement for everyday life, and a whole collection of names & their meanings.

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What's in a Name? >> Regular + Places

It's a new week, friends---happy Wednesday!  I cannot believe April is basically half over already.  Which means in a little over a month, we will be welcoming our THIRD halfling to our little family!  But, you're probably not here for updates... ;D
So--- TODAY, I have a new Name post (at las…
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What's in a Name? >> 1st Monday Edition (Except on a Thursday)

It's a new week & the beginning of a new month, friends! Can you believe it's February 2022??
And lookit what's up on the blog today! A NEW NAME POST!!! *applause*
Thank you, thank you.  We'll see how long I can manage this, haha.  Unfortunately, I was unable to add the photos for so…
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What's in a Name? >> 1st Monday Edition

It's a new week & the beginning of a new month, friends! Can you believe it's JUNE??
I know I say it often, but the days & years REALLY fly by for me.  HEH.  And I dunno about you, but with all this virus junk, it basically feels like the first half of this year was wasted unnecessari…
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What's in a Name? // 1st Monday Edition

It's a new week, friends!  Hullo, March!
I hope y'all had a lovely weekend.  I am finally over the week-long illness of nasty congestion & head colds---and praise God! my hubby & little man have shown no signs of catching it.  There's much sickness going around, if you haven'…
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What's in a Name? // 1st-Monday Edition

Happy Monday, friends!
As I sit here finishing the draft of this post, I have the windows open in my home & the front door thrown wide to welcome the gorgeous cloudy sunshine of a 70-degree, near-Spring, Tennessee day.

Well, it's the first Monday of the month---FEBRUARY!!!---and that means a…
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What's in a Name? || Place Names

Hulloooo, y'all!!! Happy Monday to you, friends! How was your weekend?  Are you prepping for NaNoWriMo, which begins in LESS THAN TWO WEEKS???

This will be my third year participating & I'm excited!!! But also a weensy-teensy bit nervous cuz even though I said I'd prepare, I've NO…
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What's in a Name? || Place Names

Happy August! And happy Monday! How was your weekend?

Here's some fresh & lovely place names for you, m'dears.  :]
Enjoy!
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O'ahu M & F | Hawaiian O-AH-hoo

From the name of the third largest island and most populated of the US state of Ha…
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What's in a Name? || Place Names

Happy July! How's your Monday progressing? Are you taking part in Camp NaNoWriMo this month??  I'm in a little cabin with one of my dearest friends, and it turns out we have the same goal!

Here's some fresh & lovely place names for you, m'dears.  :]
Enjoy!
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February Snippets!
Here are some Snippets from last month.  These hail from my WIP Safia and another project I'm …
Name Reveal!
Happy November! I don't know about you, but as I sit & type up this little post, I have the …
Book Review | The Goblin Crown
Hello, lovelies!  Just now attempting to get back into the swing of things here in the blog world. …
Book Review | When Mountains Move
Well, no worries, my lovelies!  This review will be rather short.  Simply because. . . I didn'…