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Leslie Johansen Nack’s debut Fourteen, A Daughter’s Memoir received five indie awards. Her debut novel The Blue Butterfly, A Novel of Marion Davies was released in 2022 and has won six indie awards.

Before she started writing, she raised two children, ran a family business, took care of her aging mother, and dreamed of writing. She did everything late in life including getting her degree in English Literature from UCLA at age thirty-one.

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THE FOUR AGREEMENTS, a Toltec wisdom book, by Don

THE FOUR AGREEMENTS, a Toltec wisdom book, by Don Miguel Ruiz has comforted and guided me for decades.

The Fourth Agreement, Always Do Your Best, comes easiest to me. I was raised in a house where my father constantly reminded me of this idea. I've been practicing this idea for so many decades it's part of my DNA now. I just always do my best no matter what I'm doing. The hard part is avoiding self-judgment when I make a mistake and things fail.

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THE FOUR AGREEMENTS, a Toltec wisdom book by Don M

THE FOUR AGREEMENTS, a Toltec wisdom book by Don Miguel Ruiz, has comforted and guided me for decades.

The Third Agreement is Don't Make Assumptions. Just three little words, but so much to unpack! I was born assuming that you hate me by that look on your face. I don't consider that you just bit into a lemon. I make assumptions about the world all the time. I assume you know better than me, that you're right, and that I'm always wrong. But that is wrong! I train myself every day to not make assumptions about you or me in any situation. I have to constantly remind myself. A sticky note helps with this as well.

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THE FOUR AGREEMENTS, a Toltec Wisdom book by Don M

THE FOUR AGREEMENTS, a Toltec Wisdom book by Don Miguel Ruiz, has comforted and guided me for decades.

The Second Agreement is "Don't Take Anything Personally." It's huge and so hard for me to remember while dealing with people in my life. I make it a mantra. I have put those words on a sticky note on my bathroom mirror, computer desk, and kitchen cabinet, and on the dash of my car because I seem to take everything personally.

I am a recovering addict and alcoholic, and "they" say we're sensitive, and that's true, but I think we also take everything personally. It's a freedom to let that go and know that people aren't thinking about me. Instead, they are thinking about themselves. People are self-obsessed, and so am I.

I try every day not to take things personally.

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THE FOUR AGREEMENTS, a Toltec Wisdom Book by Don M

THE FOUR AGREEMENTS, a Toltec Wisdom Book by Don Miguel Ruiz, has comforted and guided me for decades.

The First Agreement is Be Impeccable With Your Word.

The part of the First Agreement that says, "Avoid using the word to speak against yourself," is the most important for me. I try every day not to degrade myself with small whispers under my breath about how stupid that was, or how dumb I sounded, or how much I hate myself for doing something. It isn't easy to change our self-talk but it is the most thing we can do to love ourselves and grow.

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Books to Prisoners is a Seattle-based nonprofit th

Books to Prisoners is a Seattle-based nonprofit that has been sending free books to prisoners for over 50 years. They believe that reading is an essential element of education, self-empowerment, and breaking the cycle of recidivism.

�Support this effort by buying a book for Books to Prisoners that will foster a love of reading, or illuminate a new path forward, or supply tools for post-prison success.

During Prison Banned Books Week (Sept. 15-21) and Banned Books Week (Sept. 22-28), a generous donor will match your purchase when you buy a book from this wish list for Books to Prisoners.

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These volunteers are counting the salmon swimming

These volunteers are counting the salmon swimming upstream in the Union River 24-hours a day for 2 months. The count is almost 10,000 which is a record by more than 3,000 from last year!

These salmon have lived an incredible life spawning near this trap four years earlier when they born. Then they travelled down the river, out the Hood Canal to the big bad ocean. Now they’re returning to spawn and die. Beautiful and tragic all at once.

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This picture is of me in 1984 when the Olympic Torch passed through Corona del Mar, California. I was out celebrating the day.

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Friends are the best and we just had two of our fa

Friends are the best and we just had two of our favorites come and visit. It had been too long since we’ve seen each other but we fell into the groove again immediately. Mexican Train, laughs, food, stories! Thanks for visiting!

I learned how to make apple cider today using appl

I learned how to make apple cider today using apples from a tree planted in 1929!! So much fun and so yummy. It tastes like liquid gold.

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