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Month: August 2009

New Zealand: Queenstown.

This is a view of Lake Wakatipu, the Remarkables and the surrounding town of Queenstown. It was formerly a gold rush town. These days it's a tourist mecca during both summer and winter. It's a beautiful place no matter what the time of year. Books that mention...

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New Zealand: Auckland

This is Westhaven marina and the Auckland Harbor bridge that links the city of Auckland with North Auckland. Books that mention Auckland: Playing to Win, Summer in the City of Sails Don't forget to enter my contest to guess how many books I will read during my...

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New Zealand: Rotorua

This is a photo of the Champagne pool at the Waiotapu Thermal park, near Rotorua. It was difficult to photograph on the day we visited because the wind kept blowing the steam over the pool, obscuring the palette of colors. Books that mention Rotorua: Never Send a Dog...

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Contest: How Many Books?

I'm jetting off on holiday for fourteen days to Singapore and Phuket in Thailand. During my holiday I intend to spend at least some of my time catching up on my reading. I have my e-reader loaded up with dozens and dozens of books. Definitely more than I can read in...

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Conference Report

It was a weird sort of a weekend for me. I attended the conference, but I have to admit I had trouble focusing on what the speakers were saying because of the personal stuff going on in our lives. I did, however, have a couple of real lightbulb moments - thank you...

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Super Humans

Recently I watched the FBI drama Eleventh Hour and the episode dealt with super soldiers. In a coincidence, I’m reading the second book in Bianca D’Arc’s Resonance Mates series. (You know the one I mentioned in yesterday’s post—the one I don’t have time to read!) The...

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Random Happenings

Thirteen Random Things about My Week 1. Only six sleeps to go until my holiday. 2. The wind has howled this week, making it precarious to cycle. I HAD to go outside because I was getting cabin fever and almost got blown off my bike. 3. The wee dog has perked up a lot...

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Make My Muffins Blue

I went off to my favorite café today, armed with my writing notes, and ordered a latte and a blueberry muffin. I love blueberries. They taste good and I hear they’re full of healthy stuff. But here’s the thing. How can a café call a muffin blueberry if it doesn’t...

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In Trouble Again….

Yes, it's true. I did a bad, bad thing...according to hubby. He arrived home from golf and spoke to me in a very stern manner. My transgression? My sock sorting skills are below par. To his horror I matched a plain brown sock with a different brown sock that bore a...

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