Small-Town Christian Romance Author Julie Arduini
Weaving faith, family, and chocolate in stories that feel like home
Winter in northeast has been relentless. The area is known for consistent cloud cover, and that can be trying. Add snow, ice layers, and many, many, MANY days with windchills below zero, and it’s hard to stay positive. Then there are the day-to-day issues. The increased role I have embedded as mom: taxi driver. Laundry.…
I wish I could tell you I’m the first to post about Jimmy Fallon and his new gig as the Tonight Show host, but I’m not. I’m not even the best blogger posting. (Hint, read this.) But, I thought I’d share my thoughts just the same. Because I think Jimmy’s onto something that I think…
Ah, the stomach bug. Are there any positives to heaving hours on end? Weight loss, temporary in most cases. And a lot of TV. I had the bug a couple weeks ago and besides a Friends marathon, I also was up during the wee hours while the rest of the house slept in good health.…
I love giving. Valentine’s Day is a little unusual for me this year, but I don’t want that to stop me. So, I’m releasing the first installment of my contemporary romance, Match Made in Heaven, to Julie Arduini newsletter subscribers only, tomorrow. For those of you on email, that means Valentine’s Day/Friday. This is a…
February 1. That means January is done-zo. Weather wise, I’m pretty excited to wave that first month of the year goodbye. The kids had 8 extra days off from school thanks to the cold. We had the polar vortex thingie. Twice. I’m also pleased because last month I joined a group/challenge/movement and I saw some…
This isn’t the best picture, but that’s why I tell people I’m an amateur nature photographer. I take them with my phone. And this happened to be while in a car that was going over a bridge on Chautauqua Lake in Upstate NY. As you know, each Sunday I share my amateur nature picture along…