New & Notable Mentions 1.21.23

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This week on New & Notable Mentions 1/21/23…

50 Galentine’s Day Ideas For Creating The Best Memories With Your Girlfriends

How To Use Paperwhites In Your Winter Decor

Kelly at The Tattered Pew showed how she decorates for winter with paperwhites.

Beautifully Poignant Article: My Father’s Changing Hands

Warm Winter Home Décor Ideas

Kim at Shiplap And Shells decorated her living space for winter by adding a bit of coastal style to her decor.

16 Valentine’s Day Projects And Recipe Ideas

Pink Apples Valentine’s Day Craft

Aren’t these Valentine apples beautiful? So shiny and pink! Go here to see how Leslie at My 100 Year Old House created them with pink foil leaf.

Valentine’s Day is now less than a month away.

Delicious Open-Faced Breakfast Sandwich

How To Repurpose Vintage Wooden Spools DIY

I saw these tassels in a January post at The Ponds Farmhouse. But I went back to the post where she showed how to make them, so you could see how she did it.

Aren’t they cute?

Subtle And Elegant Valentine’s Day Decor

Easy Chicken Enchiladas Suiza

Mom says this recipe is easy to make and is a delicious twist on traditional chicken enchiladas.

When To Start Seeds Indoors

Charro Beans

Kathy at Lemon Blossoms has a recipe for charro beans, which would go perfectly with the enchiladas above.

What Is Ungardening And Why You Should Try It

How To Hang Plants From The Ceiling Without Drilling

The Perfect Vegan No-Bake Dessert: Healthy Dark Chocolate Almond Butter Cups

Don’t these dark chocolate butter cups look delicious?

What Is The Best Shampoo And Conditioner For Grey Hair According To Women Over Sixty?

A Small Affair

“Money, romance, and murder are always key ingredients for a delicious thriller. And in the latest from Flora Collins, they’re used expertly.” —Town & Country, The 30 Must-Read Books of Winter 2023

In Flora Collins’ new novel, “A Small Affair,” Vera is ruthlessly ambitious, beautiful, and knows how to get exactly what she wants—no matter who stands in the way.

When she meets a wealthy older man on an exclusive dating app, she thinks nothing of the wife he tells her he’s separated from. But days later, when the man and his wife are found dead in their home, Vera is immediately blamed for their deaths and branded as a murderer.

A year later, she emerges from a cocoon of self-pity and tries to reenter the world, but the specter of scandal still clings to her. Then she’s invited to a memorial for the wife of her former lover.

As she learns more about the family, and about the couple and their friends, she begins to suspect there was more to the story than an affair gone wrong.

In a quest for redemption, Vera uncovers layers of lies and closely kept secrets held by an inner circle of filthy rich tech millionaires who will go to any lengths to protect their reputations.

Can A Comfort Object Help You Get Better Sleep?

6 Ways to Sneak Your Washer And Dryer Into Your Kitchen

A Mother Would Know

“Do we ever really know our children? Amber Garza invites readers to untangle the web of a family just like yours—or are they? This thriller will have you triple-guessing yourself.” —Eliza Jane Brazier, author of “If I Disappear.”

In the novel “A Mother Would Know,” Valerie has been forgetting things. Her daughter worries about her being on her own in her big Victorian house. One is rumored to be haunted after a tragedy decades earlier, and truth be told, she is a little lonely. 

With few options, she asks her adult son to move home, but it’s not quite the reunion she hoped for. Hudson is taciturn, moody, and frequently gone.

The neighbors already hold a grudge against Hudson, and they aren’t happy about his return.

When a young woman is found murdered a block away, suspicion falls on him immediately, without a shred of evidence. While Valerie fights to defend her son, she begins to wonder who she really invited into her home.

It’s a horrible thing for a mother even to think…but is it possible she’s enabled a monster? A monster she is living with, alone?

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