Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: At home
Decorations at my house fall into two categories: What I’ve acquired, and what I’ve been given. My favorite personal acquisition is a beautiful Willow Tree Creche. I like it so much, I left it …
Christmas
Mary Decks Our New Halls
Blogger: Mary Keeley
Location: I’ll be Home for Christmas
As I write this, the snow is gently falling outside and I’m sitting by the Christmas tree, cozying in for the evening. Pretty nice. Here in northern Illinois, the temperature has …
Christmas Decorations in the Kent Home
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: home
My family has a Christmas tradition of going to a tree farm to chop down a Christmas tree; so Andrew and I did that this year for our first married Christmas together. I also went …
Janet Decks Her Mantels
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Home for the Holidays
This year is the first Christmas in our new home. I discovered, as I set out to decorate for the season, that having lived in our other home for ten years, …
Wendy Decks the Halls
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Home for the Holidays
This week our Books & Such team will be showcasing an up-close-and-personal tour of our homes at Christmastime. This is a perfect topic for me because I love decorating for advent and …
A Mary Ule tradition
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Chilly Santa Rosa, main office
With a name like Ule, pronounced YULE, you can imagine the fun we have at Christmas time. My mother-in-law’s name was Mary and she loved sparkling her conversation with, “Hi, I’m …
Christmas “Cookbooks” Are Filled with Memories
Blogger: Mary Keeley
Location: Books & Such Illinois Office
I’m going to start my Christmas baking soon. In years past, I would have had most of it done by now. To avoid anxiety, I’m encouraging myself that they will taste …
Rachel’s Confession for the Holidays
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Confession time. I don’t cook. Everyone else at Books & Such seems to enjoy the culinary arts. I’ve never been much of an artist of any sort. There …
Christmas Cookbooks & Rocky Road Candy
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office
Yesterday Janet talked about the importance of infusing your personality into your writing– even if we’re talking about cookbooks. I couldn’t agree more.
The cookbook I can’t do without at …
Why Writing That Is Personal Works–Even with Cookbooks
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
This week each of us at Books & Such will write about our favorite holiday recipes and the cookbooks we rely on to put yummy items on …
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