Tag Archives: books

Bookmarks, book titles and bargains

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Julie Buntjer

A couple of years ago, a friend of mine told me about his e-Reader. What’s an e-Reader, I had to ask, envisioning some type of contraption to hold a book open — or something like that. Two years ago I’d … Continue reading →

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Ten ways to beat the heat

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Julie Buntjer

Ugh. It’s hot. I’ll try to remind myself this weekend about how much I dislike winter — enduring practically frozen eye balls from walks in the bitter cold, chopping hard-packed snow at the end of my driveway and spending weekends … Continue reading →

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Journalism, Jackson and jobs

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Julie Buntjer

The other day, someone asked me what time I usually went to work. My reply: Whenever I get there. He laughed and said something like, “It must be nice to have a job like that.” I shrugged my shoulders, then … Continue reading →

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The Love Letter

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Julie Buntjer

I never really knew either of my grandpas. Grandpa Buntjer died nearly 20 years before I was born, and Grandpa Kohls died when I was in the third grade. I know Grandpa Kohls liked to fish, but he never took … Continue reading →

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Organize this!

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Julie Buntjer

Someone chided me the other day for being "way too organized" and I wasn’t quite sure how to take the assessment of my character. Being organized is a good thing, isn’t it? I don’t know. I was thinking about that … Continue reading →

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