Category Archives: Judy’s Book Adventures

#223 Where has the summer gone . . .

Posted on November 4, 2018 by crossingsauthor

  Between finishing my new book, marketing my other books, responsibilities at Backstreet Gallery, and preparation for the 8th Annual Florence Festival of Books, it was a busy summer. I had hoped to restart my blog in May when I … Continue reading →

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#217–The ups and downs of a single day . . .

Posted on March 2, 2018 by crossingsauthor

  Yesterday was the day I had been looking forward to for the past couple of years. But I almost blew it. I had a feeling it was going to be a strange day, when I looked out the window … Continue reading →

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#215–To Sir with love . . .

Posted on February 16, 2018 by crossingsauthor

  This blog post proves the old adage, “Dogs have masters, cats have staff!” Sir Groucho is an indoor cat with a well-trained staff of one—me. I’ve listed several examples that will leave no doubt. These blinds have specific settings … Continue reading →

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#214–Mighty big waves . . .

Posted on February 9, 2018 by crossingsauthor

  More than once during the year, we get mighty big waves. That’s especially true in December and January. These are usually caused by storms out at sea that generate large swells that create larger than normal waves. And sometimes … Continue reading →

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#213–Resuming weekly posts . . .

Posted on February 2, 2018 by crossingsauthor

  It was so gratifying to have many of you click onto my blog last week when I resumed posting after a six-month pause. My last post had been in August. I had no idea it would be so long … Continue reading →

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#210–Happiness is . . .

Posted on June 1, 2017 by crossingsauthor

  I ran across a photo of me reading a class “book” (student’s large papers connected together) to my first graders of what made them happy. Each started with Happiness is. . . . It was modeled after Charles M. Schultz’s … Continue reading →

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#209–Northern Bridge Tour second time around . . .

Posted on March 26, 2017 by crossingsauthor

  Considering we’ve had over 50 inches of rain since Christmas and we can remember each of the very few days without rain since then, we were really lucky on the first two bridge tours. We had a brief shower … Continue reading →

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#208–14 bridges in three tours—Tour 2 (Florence to North Bend)

Posted on March 21, 2017 by crossingsauthor

  Would it rain (Plan B) or not (Plan A)? We were ready either way.  My 11 folks who’d signed up for the Southern Bridge Tour, plus Benny the bus driver, were ready to check out bridges. We had rain … Continue reading →

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#207–14 bridges in 3 tours—Tour 1 (Florence to Depoe Bay)

Posted on March 16, 2017 by crossingsauthor

  The forecast was for cloudy. I was so thankful after days of torrential rain. The day started out with drizzle, which is nothing compared to what we’ve been having. I didn’t want to head up the coast to see … Continue reading →

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#206–Making it through the winter . . .

Posted on February 6, 2017 by crossingsauthor

  Since my name’s not John Grisham, I need to be out there selling my books to get back the cost of publishing/printing my latest book, Devil Cat, the books I bought from the publisher to sell for Around Florence, … Continue reading →

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