Author: Emily Sara Smucker
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The 2020 April Blogging Challenge
Congratulations, we survived March! What year is it? Where are we? Is it over yet? For a few years, I’ve teamed up with various members of my family to do the April Blogging Challenge. Last year we took a break, and this year, none of my sisters were interested in taking on the challenge. But…
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Quarantined with Jenny and Emily, Episode 4: How to be Attractive on Instagram
It’s been a crazy couple of weeks, and I’ve been struggling to get into a good writing routine amid the chaos of COVID-19. That can partially explain the lack of blog posts. As to Patreon posts, they’re coming soon, but man it’s hard to write a Patreon post when the thing that consumes your mind…
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Quarantined with Jenny and Emily: Episode 3
Episode 3 is here! “Quarantined with Jenny and Emily” should be available wherever you listen to podcasts. Or, you can listen right here on my blog. In this episode, Jenny and I discuss all of the trends that have popped up on Instagram while everyone is bored at home. Then, we have an in-depth discussion…
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Quarantined with Jenny and Emily: Episode 2
Jenny and I have recorded episode 2 of our podcast, “Quarantined with Jenny and Emily.” It’s now available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Play, although I still haven’t been able to find it on Google Podcasts. Or you can just listen to it here on the blog, or follow this link to our podbean…
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Quarantined With Jenny and Emily
Jenny and I started a podcast! You can listen to our first episode here, and it should soon be available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, etc, as soon as it gets reviewed and approved or whatever. I’m not sure when that will happen, but for now, you can enjoy it right here on my blog, or…
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Be Careful What You Wish For…
Remember two weeks ago, when I posted about Leap Day, and said that I wished Leap Day was a truly extra day where we didn’t have to go to work and stuff? Well…be careful what you wish for. Everything is shutting down due to coronavirus concerns. Churches. Movie theaters. Restaurants. What I mean to say…
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Why is no one talking about finger foods? And other coronavirus hot takes
Wash your hands. Don’t touch your face. Cover your cough. We get it. It’s the same set of advice we get every year when the seasonal flu hits. But every time I wonder, why does no one talk about finger foods? American eating habits are weird. We often wash our hands before a meal, where…
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Leap Day: What I Wish it Was
Sometimes at night I lie in bed and imagine what would happen if I had more time. What if a magical fairy came to me and allowed me to step outside of time for a while? What if I could go work on some sewing projects, answer some emails, read a good book, and catch…
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Things I’ve Been Googling Lately
As a glimpse into the random things I’ve been thinking about lately, I thought I might do a blog post discussing my recent Google searches. I google things all the time. Who doesn’t? Here are some of my searches: 1. Norman Rockwell white Backstory: I collect other people’s diaries. I find them sometimes at thrift…
The Girl in the Red Rubber Boots 