Post New Year's, Games, and Coming Events are Around the Fire.

​Happy New Year to you and yours. This past year has been a whirlwind for me. It had its ups and downs, but here we are in 2025, and it's a time of new beginnings. 
In Forest Gump, was it Long Leg Lenore or Cunning Carla who said,
"Don't you just love New Year's? You get to start all over. Everybody gets a second chance."
I believe every day we get a second chance to be as Benjamin Franklin said.
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Board Games are big with us especially around the Holidays. Do you know the top ten games?

1. Chess: The total number of units sold is unknown, but more than 3 million units are sold yearly in the U.S. alone.
2. Checkers: 50 billion units sold since introduction
3. Monopoly: More than 275 million units sold
4. Scrabble: More than 150 million units sold
5. Clue: More than 150 million units sold
6. Battleship: More than 100 million units sold
7. Trivial Pursuit: More than 100 million units sold
8. Backgammon: More than 88 million units of the modern version sold
9. Candy Land: More than 50 million units sold
10. Rummikub: More than 50 million units sold

I'm truly humbled at the reception to A Christmas Storm. The reviews have been wonderful and some even made me cry. 

• Just the book I needed to Renew my Faith.
• What a good, uplifting, sweet story. I started reading and couldn’t stop.
• This book has truly touched my heart.
• This delightful bite-sized novella was a heartfelt, gripping, and emotional read.
• Treating the weather almost like it was a character was a creative move that makes me want to read more from this author.

https://books2read.com/u/47B1NE

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The winter is really rocking and rolling this week into next. It was 60 degrees a few days ago and now we are on the look out for some snow. The midwest and south need to keep their head down too- or at least wear a hat. ​Until next month.