Michelle's Musings

15 January 2021

January Bonus Book Pick

Hello, by now we are almost halfway through the month of January. We are approaching inauguration day and hopefully seeing some snow (because I love Presidents and snow :) ). I hope you have been reading (or are a waitlist) for my two January books. Our Darkest Night by Jennifer Robson is the newly published book and then I chose a new classic, On the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford too. Both have a WWII storyline, but take place in two different parts of the world (Italy and America, respectively).

I have chosen a bonus book in the event that you don't care for either of those, or you have already finished them. This one is a complete departure from the WWII world that I usually read about because it takes place in the western United States in the 1800s.

Outlawed is a book about the wild west, but not the wild west that we all know about. This one starts with a woman named Ada. Ada marries a local guy (not completely by their choosing, but they did like each other) and turns up to be barren. According to the laws of Baby Jesus, a woman must reproduce or she is cast aside so Ada is dumped and sent off to find her own way. She ends up in the wild, untamed west as a member of a gang.....a gang of girl crooks. All the women in this gang are barren or outcast from society. I am not going to spoil a thing for you, but I will say I never thought I would read a western book and enjoy it, but I sure did enjoy this one.

10 January 2021

Faith Journal Page

Hello and welcome to 2021!!!

So many people keep journals, myself included, and every year I look for a journal that gives me what I want. In 2020, I kept adding to the existing one that I was using and decided for 2021 I was going to make some of my own pages. I worked on a faith page because I wanted a place to reflect on good things, which is what I try to use my journal to accomplish anyway.

My journal is a combination of art, books, events, prayers, faith, gratitude, and BT. I try to write down a BT for every single day. What is a BT? It is the BEST THING that happened that day. Try doing that, it completely changes your outlook on how your day went. I don't think I said "I had a bad day" one day in 2020 since I started.

I am going to share with you the page that I made today. Use it if you like, change it up, do your own thing, and may you have the greatest year ever!!!

Download a copy here.