Author name: judyann dutcher

Language of Flowers

The book The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh touched at least 2 points in my life. The story is about a group home girl when she is emancipated at age 18. She had significant problems in her life and had difficulty connecting with people. She loved flowers and the meaning of each flower. The […]

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Near Solstice Sunset

I hadn’t been on a sunset hike in years. A couple days before solstice, I wanted to take full advantage of the day’s light. I started the day with an hour of yoga and finished it with a hike up to faux Inspiration Point. It was strange to hike without a hat or sunglasses. The

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Junk Food

When you have 4 teens in the house for a 48 hour hack-a-thon, what should be on the menu? After they consumed a package of tostada shells and the fixings that go on a tostada, I realized I needed bulk quantities. I went to Costco and got 3 large pizzas, a case of mixed soft

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Equestria Girls

To advertise “My Little Pony” a couple years ago, HUB took Katy Perry’s song California Girls and turned it into Equestria Girls. Equestria girls, we’re kinda magical (Equestria!) Boots on hooves, bikinis on top Furry coats, so cute We’ll blow your mind Aoaoah oh, aoaoaoh! Um, Equestria is the land of our Pony friends. Now

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Gone Girl

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn is a roller coaster of plot, point-of-view, and personality disorders. Many of the book club members had read it and Goodreads recommended it to me based on my previously read books. I liked Part 1 of the book when the wife goes missing and we don’t know what happened to

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