I love reading. It is one of my favorite activities, one that I can do any where, any time. I've collected here four reading apps that have really helped me gain access to and experience some amazing books for free.
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Pop Culture Media’s Role in Helping Fans Cope
I’ve been thinking about the many ways that people cope with their life circumstances, and how infrequently we talk about our coping mechanisms with others. When my husband’s mother first passed away, sleep was a difficult time for him. He frequently woke up in the middle of the night in a panic, or in tears following nightmares related to his mother’s death. He’d have vivid nightmares...
Losing Control of Your Strengths [OWLS September Blog Tour: Self-Care]
Being highly skilled at something makes us feel good. It's a confident boost. It's a skill that we can consistently do and know that the outcome will be positive more often than not. Recognizing our strengths, and also recognizing the limits of our strengths, is an important part of self-care that sometimes gets left out, overpowered by the images of hot springs, amazing scented oils, and snuggly blankets to hide in that the term self-care often evokes. The anime This Boy is a Professional Wizard (Kono Danshi, Mahou ga Oshigoto Desu) does a beautiful job of addressing this element of self-care...
Responding to Blogger Appreciation and Sunshine Blogger Awards
Back in March, two wonderful bloggers, Matthew of Matt-in-the-Hat and Zboudrie of Let's Talk Anime, nominated me for the Blogger Appreciation and Sunshine Blogger awards. Today, I wanted to share my over-due responses to these two fun awards...
New Years Special: Reflecting on a Year of Your Blogs Part 7 Final
In celebration of the New Year, I'm sharing out my favorite posts from 2017. These posts are all written by talented bloggers around WordPress, and I hope that you enjoy them as much as I did. Today, in the final post of the New Year's series, we're taking a look at blogs from December...
New Years Special: Reflecting on a Year of Your Blogs Part 6
In celebration of the New Year, I'm sharing out my favorite posts from 2017. These posts are all written by talented bloggers around WordPress, and I hope that you enjoy them as much as I did. Today, we're taking a look at blogs from October and November...
New Years Special: Reflecting on a Year of Your Blogs Part 5
In celebration of the New Year, I'm sharing out my favorite posts from 2017. These posts are all written by talented bloggers around WordPress, and I hope that you enjoy them as much as I did. Today, we're taking a look at blogs from August and September...
New Years Special: Reflecting on a Year of Your Blogs Part 4
In celebration of the New Year, I'm sharing out my favorite posts from 2017. These posts are all written by talented bloggers around WordPress, and I hope that you enjoy them as much as I did. Today, we're taking a look at blogs from June and July...
New Years Special: Reflecting on a Year of Your Blogs Part 3
In celebration of the New Year, I'm sharing out my favorite posts from 2017. These posts are all written by talented bloggers around WordPress, and I hope that you enjoy them as much as I did. Today, we're taking a look at blogs from April and May...
New Years Special: Reflecting on a Year of Your Blogs Part 2
In celebration of the New Year, I'm sharing out my favorite posts from 2017. These posts are all written by talented bloggers around WordPress, and I hope that you enjoy them as much as I did. Today, we're taking a look at blogs from February and March...
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