Momma Knows Best with Melanie Braga
June 7, 2016~When Melanie Braga decided to start her own blog last year, little did she know the success when would achieve of reaching parents worldwide! Her blog, Momma Braga...
View ArticleFive Ways to Market your First Book
June 10, 2016~I gave birth to a book recently. It may sound cliche or ridiculous, or both, but to me it was real. Every stage of writing the book, from conception to publication, I likened to when I...
View ArticleLove and Life on the Road as a NASCAR Newlywed with Jessica Barile
June 14, 2017~When Jessica Barile married her husband, Tim, last December, she also married the sport of NASCAR. So now, for better or worse, in sickness and health, till death do them part, Jessica...
View ArticleLITTLE FREE LIBRARIES: COMING TO A YARD NEAR YOU
SPECIAL NOTE : The writer of this article, is also a a published author. (SURPRISE! It’s me)! I was inspired when I wrote this article to instill a little scavenger hunt of sorts with the Little Free...
View ArticleLlama Mamas: Taking Animal Fostering to a Whole New Level
When you think of an animal foster, usually the images of a sweet doggy or kitty come to mind…but what about llamas? While Melissa Shrout is an active foster for domesticated animals like kitty cats...
View ArticleEMIGH HARDWARE — A SACRAMENTO LEGACY FOR OVER 100 YEARS
When brothers James and Clay Emigh arrived in Sacramento in 1908 and set up shop on J Street, they did more than create a storefront — they created a legacy that would still stand strong 108 years...
View ArticleHow to Raise a Book
I gave birth to a book recently. (HOORAY)! What I didn’t expect during this gestational period was that once my book was born, the work was far from over. There was the next step: Parenthood. I now had...
View ArticleTraveling & Teaching Tales from Thailand with Julie Asaro
It’s one thing to be spontanteous and up and go away for a weekend, or a week, or even get a major wild hair and go travelling for a month somewhere on a whim, but to decide to up and move to another...
View ArticleTeaching Tales from Thailand: Fabulous, Funky, Farang (Foreigner)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Join our new series, Teaching Tales from Thailand with Julie Asaro as she takes you on her journey of teaching in Thailand. Immersed in a new culture, this American risk-taker is...
View ArticleTeaching Tales from Thailand: Kalasin Life
Three things I know…. California heat has NOTHING on Thailand heat! Toilet paper is a luxury. Bali Belly/Thai Tummy is some serious s#@*! (literally) Americans say it’s hot outside when it’s 100...
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