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Barbara’s 2025 Year in Books
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Letters from a 300 year old Italian farmhouse: hot, hot weather and a cool, cool antidote.
Some people love those warm summer days.
Some people thrive on a hot summer’s day. I wilt like the petunias on my balcony, and melt like a plop of gelato on the simmering cobblestones in the piazza. I mean, I was born in Seattle and raised at the edge of foggy San Francisco Bay. I am Irish on both sides, with skin that turns red, never tan. I am positively doomed in hot weather.
So why did I mov
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Letters from a 300 year old Italian farmhouse: Best. Pecan. Pie. Ever.
"I am sometimes guilty of conflating food and affection. But honestly, all of my best recipes are tangled up deep in love and sweet memories. And this one, which may be the all time best recipe I have ever made, is rich in both.
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This looks interesting. All the books I am reading are about Italy or in Italian!! How is the new book coming?? I see it is coming out in early 26???!
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The best thing about being a writer is the ability it gives a person to connect with others. People think writing is such a lonely experience. In some ways, it is. You are alone with your thoughts, and usually alone with the computer. But driving it
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I find that I avoid "writer's block" by not forcing myself to write on any particular schedule. Without that pressure, I write only when I have a rush of inspiration. I also know that for me, the more that I get out and about in the world, the more I
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Guidance from the Universe: Hopeful Messages for Everyday Challenges
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| Not only did I love this book, but I want to keep it next to my bedside and reread it again and again, refer to it as life throws its challenges my way, and share it with so many of my friends and loved ones as they traverse their life's paths. Autho ...more | |
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Watching Sarah Rise: A Journey of Thriving with Autism
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| Wonderful book! Inspiring, and helpful. Jennifer Briggs is a paragon of patience, wisdom and love. The ways she finds to let her daughter "rise" up, on her on terms and timing, is something we can all learn from. I was overwhelmed with the energy and ...more | |
