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2024 Books Read – a Partial List (with notes) – Fiction

laura bruno lilly — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 20:05:00 +0000

While my partial list of Books Read in 2024 doesn’t hold a candle to blogger LA’s 119 read with 3 almost finished, herein lie selections – in no particular order – from my list of +/- 50 read with notes for casual perusal. I appreciate those who blog about their current reads so am returning […]

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Goals, ToDos & TryOuts – part 2

laura bruno lilly — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 22:07:49 +0000

First seen in this earlier post and then again in part 1, a certain coffee mug takes center stage as an example of a ‘quick TryOut’. That said, the ‘quick TryOut’ to finish Aromatic Steam Arising is only as good as the sum of its parts. Meaning: one of those parts was to compose a […]

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Goals, ToDos & TryOuts – part 1

laura bruno lilly — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:55:40 +0000

From January’s first attempts at tackling the freshness of the New Year, “While many have detailed their goals in a manner worthy of the New Year, I have been floundering in my own Sea of Lists.” Me to finding a starting point in the beginning stages within a poem, “Let us step outside for a […]

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Weekend Notes 2/17-18/2024

laura bruno lilly — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 18:40:04 +0000

A few weeks ago, we took to the road to attend my Uncle Dennis’ funeral in Chicago. He was the youngest and last of the three brothers in my Dad’s family. 3 Brothers, 3 Uncles, 3 Dads My Aunt Dolores, as the baby in the family, is now the sole surviving sibling. Most everyone is […]

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Coffee and

laura bruno lilly — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 19:15:00 +0000

Chocolate Honey Lavender Shortbread Cookies Hello Readers! While my blogging absence has been partly due to mindful summery activities/work/projects/laziness, it is mostly a result of managing a string of migraine storms over the course of the past 8 weeks – and counting. I’m in an in-between migraine wave space and really wanted to get a […]

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Weekend Notes 2.18/19.23

laura bruno lilly — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 01:30:00 +0000

Love, Harp Guitars, Oatmeal Scotchies…and back again to love. February is the love month. You know, the 14th is St Valentine’s Day and all of that. In our family, holiday celebrations often last longer than the actual 24-hour day. Hence, here it is a few days after the 14th and yes, hubby and I are […]

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COVID Clench, Pandemic Hair and Cardamom Braids

laura bruno lilly — Wed, 19 May 2021 12:00:00 +0000

In my fantasies of what I’d do first once I was fully vaxxed, getting a haircut was the primo #1 Big Thing. I’d been gearing up for the Big Leap into an enclosed, hair salon experience during the 2 weeks-after-my-second-jab clearance and figured it’d cross off two ToDos at the same time. #1 – Getting […]

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Pandemic Potpourri #6

laura bruno lilly — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 01:07:00 +0000

It’s been awhile since I wrote one of these posts. t’s been awhile since I’ve posted, period. I’m tired. I’m worn out. I’m wasted. Yet, excited to be alive. Sounds paradoxical. Perhaps the title of this should be renamed, Pandemic Paradox #1. Just sayin’… Three weeks ago, while standing in line for over an hour […]

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October’s Almost Over

laura bruno lilly — Sat, 31 Oct 2020 16:01:53 +0000

But before it slips away, I have two things to say... #1 – October is my birth month, I hereby claim a dual birthstone – the traditional, beloved opal alongside the lowly, but highly charged coffee bean! #2 – Boo! From me to you… …and with a little help from my neighbors.

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Family travels MMXX

laura bruno lilly — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 16:41:18 +0000

Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening! We’re back from our jaunt up to Michigan to visit our middle daughter and son-in-law. In fact, we’ve been there and back since Tuesday*. But wait – I bet you didn’t even know we were away from our COVID cage nest. Surprise! After some deliberation, we decided it was a reasonable risk worth […]

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