January 16, 2026
A wooden house hidden up on a hilltop in the green forest. The house is a bit dilapidated and mysterious. You need to get some courage to venture here! - TEXT: Robbie's Remedy - Fiction - Perri Dodgson
Published by Perri Dodgson at January 16, 2026
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Robbie’s Remedy

Robbie knew there were wild animals in the forest; there were hairy boars with sharp white tusks and hungry wolves that would eat you for dinner. However, the little boy was so desperate for some courage that he’d do anything, even if it meant killing a snake or running faster than any other animal.
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January 11, 2026
Steaming coffee in a warm, inviting brown mug resting on a colorful red, brown, black, and cream tablerunner on a dark wood table. A creamer pitcher of the same warm brown glaze is in the background, along with a blurry window with greenery present. TEXT: Coffee Ritual - Blog Series: Positivity Corner - Poetry - Rachel Turney
Published by The MockingOwls and Rachel Turney at January 11, 2026
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Coffee Ritual 

Always the same large cups, mine from Fretboard and his from Trailhead. Always the same dance of the mugs, clinking the ceramic, the scalding first sip. The coffee is a ritual of purpose, of togetherness. Of starting a day, and taking on a responsibility for myself and another person. Something I chose and continue to choose.
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January 10, 2026
A square image featuring a dynamic, action-oriented, and winter sports vibe, dominated by shades of blue and white. The background is a graphic design with light blue snow-covered mountain peaks and diagonal lines. Three separate vertical photographs of skiers are overlaid on the background: one in a blue jacket skiing left, one in a red jacket skiing down the center, and one in blue and red skiing to the right. The overall mood is energetic and adventurous. A large, dark blue owl logo is in the lower right corner. ski Text: Ready Set Ski, Writing Memories, Penny Nolte
Published by Penny Nolte at January 10, 2026
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Ready, Set, Ski!

Well before dawn on Sunday, there was a call coming up the stairs, growing closer and louder, “Who’s a skier?” Then a not too gentle knock on the door — BAM BAM BAM. And another call, retreating down the stairs, “The car is leaving in 15 minutes…”
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January 4, 2026
Book cover in red and fawn - The Book - Writer's Resource, Nonfiction Review by Tandy Malinak
Published by Tandy Malinak at January 4, 2026
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The Book – A Review

The Book is as much a history lesson as it is a mystery, revealing more than it conceals, but always leaving a few things a little unraveled for our imagination to wonder at — for so history itself, with its often patchy evidence, demands.
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