Budding

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A close-up of the buds of an orchid plant

It’s been a while since I’ve shared pictures of my little orchid plant, hasn’t it? To be honest, it’s because I haven’t really had any new pictures to share. The last bunch of flowers all fell off, and then… nothing. It was like the plant had started to die.

Then, suddenly, there was new growth. There are new roots making their way out of the pot (which makes me wonder if I should risk trying to move the plant), a whole new base stem, and new shoots off of the two original base stem.

Plus, there are these guys. New flower buds are popping up all over the place. It’s like spring on my window sill.

I love it, and I can’t wait until the flowers actually bloom again. Rest assured, you’ll see pictures of them here not long after they do.

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Book teasers: False Memory, by Meli Raine

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There are books that fit firmly into their assigned genre, and then there are books that fit firmly into their assigned genre. False Memory, by Meli Raine, is definitely one of the latter.

The book is tagged as a suspense, and, based on its summary and today’s teasers, it easily earns its place in the genre. I’m sure you’ll agree as soon as you take a look.

Before you do, though, stop by Meli’s rafflecopter, where she’s giving away a $25 gyft.com gift card.

Okay, ready to check out False Memory?

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Paper flowers

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Three small, pink paper flowers

It got really cold here this week.

Well, fine, it didn’t get as cold as it could have. It didn’t hit -40 C, like it probably will later this winter. But it did drop below zero, even reaching -20 C one morning.

The cold had me craving signs of something warmer, which is probably why I was drawn to photographing these paper flowers. I don’t have any real flowers in the house right now, unfortunately. So these had to do.

Though this picture came out alright, it really isn’t the same as the real thing. I might just have to grab myself a nice bouquet this weekend.

A Q&A with Laney Wylde, author of If She Were Blind

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Do you remember when I featured an excerpt from Laney Wylde’s If She Were Blind a couple of weeks ago? Well, today I’m happy to be welcoming Laney back, this time to answer a few questions for us.

She’ll be talking about everything from some of the secrets hidden in her book to the genres that she most enjoys reading. She has some great things to say–especially about If She Were Blind–and I’m sure you’ll enjoy hearing from her.

But rather than me telling you about what she wants to say, how about we just jump right into things?

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Trying something new

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A social media tracking spread in a bullet journal

Organizing and tracking my social media use, especially for blog and print shop promo, is something I’ve been trying to keep up with for a while now. I want to be more consistent on certain platforms, more active on others… all that good stuff. And a dedicated calendar and list of goals seem like a good way to do that.

I’ve had a hard time being tracking things regularly, though, and I think I figured out why.

See, I was tracking all of this in its own little book, instead of in my bullet journal. Which may not sound like a big deal, but I found that I didn’t want to keep up with two separate books. I just… tended to ignore the one.

So I’ve brought them together. I’ve created a new social media tracking spread in my bullet journal, in the hopes that it’ll help me get a better handle on things. It’s a fairly simple one, but I think simple is just want I need right now.