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My Favorite Blogs


FRIENDS OF MINE

Elissa @ on my way home

Stef @ Pines On My Mind

Geertrude @ not a station

Teresa @ affectionknit

Ellie @ petalplum

Maria @ little things are big

 

GOOD WORDS AND BEAUTIFUL PICTURES

habit

Reading My Tea Leaves

tiny happy

Drobtinice

Michelle GD

Imaginary Book Stack

The Noisy Plume

Emily Gaines Demsky

 

BLOGS FROM THE BEGINNING OF MY BLOGGING DAYS                                                          

Ric-Rac

crazy mom quilts

Curly Pops

tallgrass prairie studio

gennine's art blog

SouleMama

 

 

 

 

Hello from Southeastern Montana! I am Elizabeth Patten. I spent the first 34 years of my life in Minnesota. In 2015, I moved with my husband and two children to the western-most part of South Dakota and then into Montana. Now, I live, work, write, play, and breathe under the big, big Montana sky. I began this blog in September of 2008 to make note of the sunshine that can (almost) always be found.
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reading ::

  • Pinkney, Andrea Davis: Bird in a Box

    Pinkney, Andrea Davis: Bird in a Box

  • Backman, Fredrik: Anxious People: A Novel

    Backman, Fredrik: Anxious People: A Novel

  • Austin Channing Brown: I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

    Austin Channing Brown: I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

  • Berkheimer, Drema Hall: Running on Red Dog Road: And Other Perils of an Appalachian Childhood

    Berkheimer, Drema Hall: Running on Red Dog Road: And Other Perils of an Appalachian Childhood

  • Quezada, Sarah: Love Undocumented: Risking Trust in a Fearful World

    Quezada, Sarah: Love Undocumented: Risking Trust in a Fearful World

  • Oliver, Mary: New and Selected Poems, Volume One

    Oliver, Mary: New and Selected Poems, Volume One

  • Jackson, Drew: God Speaks Through Wombs: Poems on God's Unexpected Coming

    Jackson, Drew: God Speaks Through Wombs: Poems on God's Unexpected Coming

  • Dai Sijie: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel

    Dai Sijie: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel

  • Fleischman, Paul: Seedfolks

    Fleischman, Paul: Seedfolks

  • Ronnevik, Gretchen: Ragged: Spiritual Disciplines for the Spiritually Exhausted

    Ronnevik, Gretchen: Ragged: Spiritual Disciplines for the Spiritually Exhausted

Favorite Read-Alouds ::

  • Hannah-Jones, Nikole: The 1619 Project: Born on the Water

    Hannah-Jones, Nikole: The 1619 Project: Born on the Water

  • Pochocki, Ethel: Wildflower Tea

    Pochocki, Ethel: Wildflower Tea

  • M.H. Clark: You Belong Here

    M.H. Clark: You Belong Here

  • Reibstein, Mark: Wabi Sabi

    Reibstein, Mark: Wabi Sabi

  • Rylant, Cynthia: Long Night Moon

    Rylant, Cynthia: Long Night Moon

  • Brown, Peter: The Curious Garden

    Brown, Peter: The Curious Garden

  • John Coy: Night Driving

    John Coy: Night Driving

  • Jonathan Bean: At Night

    Jonathan Bean: At Night

  • Karen Hesse: Spuds

    Karen Hesse: Spuds

  • Janet Lord: Albert the Fix-it Man

    Janet Lord: Albert the Fix-it Man