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When Dreams Meet Reality
Paige Properzi My First Month at Nelly's Baked Goods by Paige Properzi So I thought working at a bakery would be all sunshine and...
Carolyne Aarsen
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When Past shows up in your Present
Some days you think you've got your life figured out. You wake up at five, check the weather, grab coffee strong enough to wake the dead,...
Carolyne Aarsen
1 day ago3 min read
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Taking over the legacy of Nelly's Baked Goods
When people find out I own Nelly's Baked Goods, their eyes light up like I'm living some kind of fairy tale. "Oh, how wonderful!" they...
Carolyne Aarsen
Jun 142 min read
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Unfinished love and continuing stories
Hearts of Kittering Creek #4 I must confess. IÂ have a hankering for second-chance romances. I love the idea of a re-do of a relationship...
Carolyne Aarsen
Jun 132 min read
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Family Matters
I'm sitting in my recliner in my living room, the sun shining through the windows. All the doors and windows are open and I'm hearing...
Carolyne Aarsen
Jun 52 min read
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Abandoned Dreams
I had to go out and about the other day and went down a road I don't often travel down. I saw this abandoned (obviously)Â house and had to...
Carolyne Aarsen
Feb 21 min read
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Musical Memories
A study published in The National Library of Medicine in 2020 found that dogs appeared calmed by classical music, and spent more time...
Carolyne Aarsen
Feb 22 min read
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Sharing memories
When I was at the Edmonton Folk Festival, I walked past a booth from one of the local radio stations - CKUA. I stopped and chatted a...
Carolyne Aarsen
Aug 18, 20242 min read
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Summertime and the living is musical
Greetings this warm summer day! At least it's warm here. Has been for the past week again. We've been enjoying sunny day after sunny day...
Carolyne Aarsen
Aug 16, 20242 min read
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Helping hooves...
We have many, many horses. The fun part of many of them is that they were born on our farm. We've had a chance to imprint on them and...
Carolyne Aarsen
Jun 7, 20246 min read
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New Book coming out June 14, 2024
Hello, greetings and salutations, Yesterday I was sitting in my office, trying to figure out if I want to get up and get a snack, go for...
Carolyne Aarsen
Jun 7, 20244 min read
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Spring Time Rainy Days and Greenhouses with Coffee Shops
As I write this, rain is spattering on our house roof. I love the sound of rain when I'm sitting inside nice and cozy with a cup of tea...
Carolyne Aarsen
Jun 7, 20243 min read
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Cheering for Volleyball... someone always has to lose ;(
Newsletter from April 26. 2024 Been a few busy weeks here since we got back from our vacation in Maui. My sleeping was affected so that...
Carolyne Aarsen
Jun 7, 20243 min read
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Maui - Newsletter from March 2024
Back home from Maui. From Sun to Snow. I changed up the picture on my header because I needed a reminder of how wonderful our trip was....
Carolyne Aarsen
Jun 7, 20242 min read
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An ode to books (newsletter March 2024)
Greetings to you all. I've had books and writing on the mind the past few weeks. So I thought I would share one of my favourite pieces...
Carolyne Aarsen
Jun 5, 20243 min read
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Ever Read a Book That made you say?..... (newsletter - March 3, 2024)
....I want to be able to do this? To transport people, to touch their hearts and souls? To bring them so completely to another place that...
Carolyne Aarsen
Jun 5, 20242 min read
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Small Town stories
This was a newsletter from February 14, 2024 First off, Happy Valentine's Day. I have to confess, Valentine's Day is not always such a...
Carolyne Aarsen
Jun 5, 20242 min read
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Feb = Library Month
Okay, I realize that subject may have been a bit tricksy, but it's February and, apparently, which, among other month-long commemorations...
Carolyne Aarsen
Jun 5, 20243 min read
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How Delightful
Newsletter - January 19, 2024 Goodly New Year to you all. I've been hunkered down the past week or so, hardly even venturing outside....
Carolyne Aarsen
Jan 23, 20242 min read
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Signs of the Season
Newsletter - December 15, 2023 I've been having a lot of fun the past couple of weeks. Because it's Christmas Market Season. I've been to...
Carolyne Aarsen
Jan 23, 20242 min read
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