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Sunday Dutro

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As seen in: Sanders County Ledger, Lit Mag News, yumpu.com
Covers:  Books, Reading, Writing, Parenting, Love, Miscarriage
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Whatcha Readin'? All over but the cryin'

Whatcha Readin'? All over but the cryin'

Sanders County Ledger — Goodness, this was a month of crying and laughing, I couldn't seem to catch a break between the phenomenal but visceral books I read and the movies I watched. Have you seen Song Sung Blue yet?
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Sunday's Snapshots - Do Unto Others

Sunday's Snapshots - Do Unto Others

Sanders County Ledger — What's the line between doing nice things for others and stepping on toes, or even doing things for someone they don't want done? I grew up learning that if you see someone hurting, you help. Help can be a hug, an ear, an offer to do something for them.
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Whatcha Readin': Shrinking Tomes

Whatcha Readin': Shrinking Tomes

Sanders County Ledger — Around summer, books seem to shrink, making way for the summer readers who want something they can finish on a single flight, a day by the river, or a quick road trip. Publishing has always been seasonal - romances in summer, cozy mysteries in winter - but this overall shrinkage in book size seems to be a result of the expense of publishing more th...
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Whatcha Readin'? Boggled

Whatcha Readin'? Boggled

Sanders County Ledger — "You read everything!" my friend tells me, and my immediate reaction is, "Thank you!" I do read everything; I love finding a new-to-me genre or a new-to-me author. I love learning something unexpected and wonderful. But then I think, maybe it's not a compliment? Maybe I read a lot of garbage.
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Sunday's Snapshots: Hoping for obsolescence

Sunday's Snapshots: Hoping for obsolescence

Sanders County Ledger — It's almost that time of year again, the time when several old women, myself included, spend half the day trudging up and down the road next to the highway, bright orange reflective vests glinting our existence to a world that would otherwise ignore us as we pick up pop tops, cigarette butts, and chunks of rubber so brittle it's hard to imagine...
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Whatcha Readin'? Derailed by life

Whatcha Readin'? Derailed by life

Sanders County Ledger — We caught the plague in March and my ability to concentrate on the written word disappeared. Then we decided to watch the Lord of the Rings (LOTR) movies because our kids hadn't seen them, which led to watching The Hobbit movies, which somehow led to watching the Dungeons & Dragons Honor Among Thieves movie.
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Sunday's Snapshots: Motivation

Sunday's Snapshots: Motivation

Sanders County Ledger — To the people who do things for no other reason than the sheer pleasure and joy of the thing, aka intrinsic motivation, I salute you. I wish I was one of you, but find myself motivated not solely by internal rewards but by extrinsic, or outside, motivation as well...and I blame/thank growing up during the pizza party reward generation.
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Whatcha Readin'? Sprining into the next read

Whatcha Readin'? Sprining into the next read

Sanders County Ledger — The robins are back and I expect to see the osprey any day which means Spring is officially here! And it couldn't come a moment sooner, my body needs to move after all this reading! In February, I DNF (did not finish) four books, and read 32 books, 18 of which were four stars or better.
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Sunday's Snapshots: What are you tuned to?

Sunday's Snapshots: What are you tuned to?

Sanders County Ledger — To relax and rest while awake, I do a puzzle and listen to classical music. I'd been using this method for several weeks when I realized my list of 200 songs wasn't enough: I was getting sick of them. After an all-call to the social media world, a few more songs were added but the biggest boon was a book.
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Whatcha Readin'?

Whatcha Readin'?

Sanders County Ledger — The feeling we get that the years move faster as we age has a scientific basis. See, when you're one year old, you only have that one year as an entire life-time so one year feels like a lifetime. With each subsequent year, you have two years equaling a lifetime, etc.
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Sunday's Snapshots: Today

Sunday's Snapshots: Today

Sanders County Ledger — My mother says how we spend New Year's Day determines how our whole year goes. This has always felt like a lot of pressure for one day. While I enjoy a clean home and relaxing all snuggled up warm under blankies with a book, I also enjoy being out hiking or biking or trying a new potentially favorite restaurant or ice cream shop.
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Whatcha Readin'? Surpassing goals

Whatcha Readin'? Surpassing goals

Sanders County Ledger — Each year I set a reading goal of around 200 books. I'd already surpassed my goal for the year when our power went out for a couple days. I made sure everyone was settled and safe, then grabbed a lantern, a blankie, and a stack of books and got to reading.
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Sunday's Snapshots: What's missing

Sunday's Snapshots: What's missing

Sanders County Ledger — Last month, I wrote about how the magic of the holidays never lets me down, how Thanksgiving always turns out even though I'm a far cry from chef. And maybe I jinxed myself, because Thanksgiving dinner didn't turn out! For the first time in years, nothing went right.
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Whatcha Readin'? Permission to DNF

Whatcha Readin'? Permission to DNF

Sanders County Ledger — People ask me how I manage to read so many books each month, and the answer is easy: I only read the books I like. If I'm 20 pages into a book and it's just awful, I stop reading it, I mark it DNF (Did Not Finish).
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Sunday's Snapshots Magic Moments

Sunday's Snapshots Magic Moments

Sanders County Ledger — The day after every holiday finds me tearing through the house removing decorations. My husband jokes, "that's it! Halloween's over!" and laughs at, and with, me over my need to get back to real life. I like to decorate at the beginning of the month for the holiday ahead, but by the time the holiday is over, I'm completely over it, too.
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Whatcha Readin'? Falling Back

Whatcha Readin'? Falling Back

Sanders County Ledger — Memoir is my happy place, and I fell back hard reading a ton of memoirs that had been piling up. In October, I finished 25 books, 18 of which were four stars or better. Here they are, in no particular order: Hemlock and Silver by T.
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Sunday's Snapshots: Meta on Meta

Sunday's Snapshots: Meta on Meta

Sanders County Ledger — Many of my friends are contemplating taking or are actively taking a break from social media. I heartily support them in this but can't quite bring myself to take the plunge despite wanting desperately to follow them. Why not?
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Sunday's Snapshots: High on the horse

Sunday's Snapshots: High on the horse

Sanders County Ledger — Fall soccer is all about kids trying out the sport and having fun. It's not spring soccer, where skill, scoring, and oh so much travelling are involved. There's a reason my family participates in fall soccer, and it's very much related to this ease.
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Whatcha Readin'?: One for the road

Whatcha Readin'?: One for the road

Sanders County Ledger — Normally, my husband drives and I get to read in the car on the way to soccer or the city. I can sometimes start and finish a book in the same day if we have to go far enough or be gone long enough.
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Sunday's Snapshots: Are libraries obsolete?

Sunday's Snapshots: Are libraries obsolete?

Sanders County Ledger — The other day in conversation with some new friends, I was told they'd never set foot in our library, and I couldn't breathe. Later in the car, my husband said, "If I wasn't married to you, I'd think libraries were outdated."
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Whatcha Readin'? Seasonal slide

Whatcha Readin'? Seasonal slide

Sanders County Ledger — As we head out of summer and into autumn, as morning chills return and the evening comes upon us sooner, I find the tug toward books with a bit more meat on their bones. I thoroughly enjoyed the romances and fantasies of summer, but with the desire to stay under the covers a moment longer comes the desire to read something that keeps me rooted ther...
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Sunday's Snapshots: Embrace the unexpected

Sunday's Snapshots: Embrace the unexpected

Sanders County Ledger — The Pedal & Farm Tour was this last weekend and we'd signed up early and counted down the weekends. The idea of riding 30 miles was daunting, but the knowledge that there would be multiple stops along the way to taste farm fresh foods, that we'd get to hear live music and enjoy a fully farm-to-table lunch more than made up for any reservations...
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Whatcha Readin'? Dark fantasy obsession

Whatcha Readin'? Dark fantasy obsession

Sanders County Ledger — A year ago November, I rea A year ago November, I read my first T. Kingfisher book thanks to Thompson Falls Public Library's Sara Czerwinski, who seems to know exactly what books I will like via some sort of librarian magic or intuition.
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Sunday's Snapshots: Community connections

Sunday's Snapshots: Community connections

Sanders County Ledger — The tortoiseshells are migrating, the pavement is melting, and you can't turn left in town if your life depends on it: summer is officially here. Our summers are usually full of hiking, camping, kayaking, and bicycling, but this summer we're busy getting the old and nasty carpet out of our house while still trying to do all the 4-H/Fair prep.
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