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I actually ended up reading this book due to a recommendation for a different book. My sister suggested this authors’ newest book, Small Great Things, which sounded really interesting. You can read about it here. I immediately went online to reserve it at the library, only to discover that I was not the only one. I put in my request at spot #993 on the list. So I decided that should give me plenty of time to familiarize myself with this author by reading one of her other books, and really, I just randomly chose this one, I have to admit. I’m glad I did! Well, in a way. I didn’t get much sleep that first night because I just...

Here is the last coupon of the holiday shopping season. This is valid through December 18th, 2016, and may be applied to gift cards. Use code Holiday20 at checkout. Hope you are having a great week!

Book Review of: Quiet: The Power of Introverts by Susan Cain I decided to start adding a book review to my blog: not all about eco-fashion. Just books I’ve read and thought you might find interesting. I love getting a good tip about a book! I hope you do, too. In Quiet, the author takes a deep and wide look at what does it mean to be an introvert. I was surprised by some of the famous people who were introverted at heart: Rosa Parks, Mahatma Ghandi and Eleanor Roosevelt, to name a few. It was also interesting to find that the definition of “introvert” is not clear-cut, but rather varied according to who is defining it. There were themes,...

The challenging gift for my household is always what to get for my parents. They have everything they need, and if they want something they just buy it. They are resourceful and are world travelers. What do they ever need from me? One year, a catalog arrived that helped with that answer. In reality, they don’t need anything. But other people in the world do. The catalog was Heifer International. Their mission is “to work with communities to end world hunger and poverty and to care for the Earth.” (quoted from their website. What they do is donate animals and training for people in communities with long-standing poverty, so that not only do they have a meal for right now,...