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Sara Marchessault

Review of "Bel Canto" by Ann Patchett

I chose Bel Canto for my first book review for two reasons. The first is, I really like the book. The second is that for the Word of [S]outh festival planned for April 11 – 12, 2015, Ann Patchett is one of the authors we have coming. Like many…

Labor Day Journaling

Labor Day weekend is here! Come Tuesday morning, summer fun will officially have ended from sea to shining sea. Kids will go back to school. Formal etiquette tells us we should no longer be wearing white. And we can prepare for fall. (Except in Florida, where the kids went back…

Make your to-do list doable

How long is your to-do list? Go ahead, take a peek at it if you need to, I can wait. When I ask this question, and I ask it to almost all of my clients, students, and maybe a few people who would rather not be asked, I usually…