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May 11, 2022 Bookstagram

New Adventures #bookstagram

Come on by to the new adventure that Edward & I have embarked on… over on Instagram, we have created

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March 21, 2022 Did You Know ? / Monday Musings

John Steinbeck / Marilyn Monroe Fan Letter

A letter from John Steinbeck to Marilyn Monroe on April 28, 1955, requesting an autograph for his nephew. What a

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March 18, 2022 Friday Fun / From The Editor's Desk / Pens & Notebooks

Pens… Pencils… Notebooks… Pads… Oh My

If you didn’t know, I’m a pen-a-holic. I’m also a notebook and pad hoarder. If I find something I like,

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March 16, 2022 From The Editor's Desk

Long Time No Blog…

Welcome back … how has it been 10 months since I’ve written on you. I guess it’s the blur of

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May 31, 2021 book lists / Books / Literature

Memorial Day Reading List

Every year, we remember those who served in the armed forces. Below are a few books to honor the courageous individuals who defended

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May 28, 2021 Cartography & Maps / Literature

Maps: European Literary London

I thought this was really neat. I like how it’s a live map and you can click through and read

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May 26, 2021 World Building / YouTube

World Building: Brandon Sanderson’s BYU 2020 lecture series

This leading fantasy author is renowned for his complex fantasy worlds. In this six-part series for students at Brigham Young

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May 24, 2021 World Building

World Building Tools

I remember reading Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide and marveling at the worlds, and how things, characters, and ideas moved and

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May 21, 2021 World Building / Writing

World Development – 17 topics to brainstorm

Spending time looking at maps this month, makes me delve into world building and development. How do you build a

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May 19, 2021 Cartography & Maps

Literary Maps of Texas

In the fall of 1955, the Texas and Local History Department of the Dallas Public Library published a literary map of

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May 17, 2021 Cartography & Maps

Maps: Thoreau’s Walden Pond (1854)

The first edition of Walden (1854) included this map, drawn by Thoreau and based on the survey of Walden Pond that he

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May 14, 2021 Books / Cartography & Maps

Maps: I am Eloise. I am six.

Do you remember the elevator scene in the children’s book Eloise? The spunky six-year-old guides readers through one of her daily

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May 13, 2021 2021 A to Z Challenge

2021 A to Z: Road Trip – Letter A to Z redux

ROAD TRIP! Did you pack snacks? Pack emergency supplies? Stop and use the restroom before you got in the car?

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May 12, 2021 Cartography & Maps

Maps: Dante’s Inferno (1314)

“Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate“ “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here” How do maps allow us to access, interpret

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May 10, 2021 Cartography & Maps

Maps: The Universe of Milton’s Paradise Lost (1667)

“A mind not to be changed by place or time.The mind is its own place, and in itselfCan make a

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