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pen4hire on January 6th, 2012

CONTEST OVER (One reader today through Sunday night will win BOTH this audio book and another one. See end of post.) Destination: Michigan, near Traverse City  Audio Book: Love in a Nutshell by Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly Put the mystery writer Janet Evanovich together with romance writer Dorien Kelly and this is what you [...]

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pen4hire on December 22nd, 2011

Christmas greenery looks a bit different in the desert. Merry Christmas from Tucson, Arizona. From another desert garden. And a hummingbird adds some sparkle. These images are my contribution to Travel Photo Thursday. You can see more contributions at Budget Travelers’ Sandbox. Have a wonderful holiday and I’ll see you in a couple of weeks. [...]

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pen4hire on December 19th, 2011

Destination: California Book: California: On-the-Road-Histories by Victor Silverman and Laurie Glover Print PDF

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pen4hire on December 15th, 2011

Time is running out for Passports With Purpose. My favorite New Orleans hotel stepped up for the third year in a row and offered a 3-night stay in the family-owned, French Quarter Hotel Monteleone for Passports With Purpose. Now, if you hang around Passports With Purpose very much, you know that cupcakes are a recurring [...]

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pen4hire on December 13th, 2011

Travel With Taste Destination: The American West Cookbook: Pioneer Woman Cooks by Ree Drummond By Brette Sember If you haven’t heard of Ree Drummond, you’ve been missing out. Drummond has a hit blog, a  memoir , a TV show, and a best-selling cookbook, Pioneer Woman Cooks. Drummond was a big city girl who fell head over heels with [...]

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pen4hire on December 12th, 2011

Before you complain, let me make it clear that I know your intentions are purely altruistic. You are not concerned with winning anything. You are just focused on building two libraries in Zambia with Room to Read,  so that kids who want to read will have a chance to do so. Just like you, they [...]

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pen4hire on December 9th, 2011

Family Travel Friday Destination: New York City Book: Lonely Planet’s Not-For-Parents Series:New York City: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know  Review by Jennifer Close Central Park, Broadway shows, and the Museum of Modern Art are just a few reasons that New York City has been on my list of places to visit for as long [...]

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pen4hire on December 8th, 2011

 Pet Travel Book Club Destination: New Hampshire  Book: Following Atticus: Eight Peaks, One Little Dog, and an Extraordinary Friendship  (September 2011) by Tom Ryan CONTEST IS CLOSED. NOTE: This is the continuing book club run by Edie Jarolim of Will My Dog Hate me. Win a signed copy of Following Atticus by commenting here, OR at [...]

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pen4hire on December 7th, 2011

Destination: Arizona Book: Arizona, Way Out West and Wacky, by Conrad J. Storad and Lynda Exley (2011) You’ll be hearing more at A Traveler’s Library in the coming year about the Centennial of my home state, Arizona, the Grand Canyon State. And New Mexico turns 100 in 2012, also, so I’ll talk about them a bit. [...]

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