April 27th – National Independent Bookstore Day! Here in Snohomish County, we really love our local bookstores and celebrate for a week! April 20th – 27th. Five participating shops will be hosting special events and promotions. I’m excited to be signing books at two different locations. Please stop by and say hello! Main Street Books…
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It’s the season for snowdrops peeking up from winter soil – harbingers of warmer weather to come. My family loves to pin down the year’s travel plans around now – purchasing plane tickets and making hotel bookings. In April, my husband and daughter will visit family in Belgrade, Serbia while I stay home for a…
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Last November, I experienced one of the finest moments of my life! Launching a book is like birthing a child. The story grows within one’s private heart and then is out in the world for all to see. Hello! My dear friend, artist Karen Guzak, offered her fantastic studio, a historic former church, and videographer AJ…
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Myanmar Zodiac Painting from Ancient Bagan Unlike Western astrology, the Myanmar astrology system has only eight signs. Known as Mahabote, this zodiac employs eight signs in a seven-day week, with each sign representing its own day, cardinal direction, planet (celestial body) and animal. Ancient Buddhist monks created the system using observations of the skies…
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Shan State is a beautiful part of Myanmar with deep red earth and forested mountain tops receding in the distance into various shades of indigo blue. I had a picturesque, yet occasionally terrifying, experience traveling by rail from Pwin Oo Lwin to Hsipaw, crossing the deep gorge on a narrow, teetering wooden bridge that seemed…
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