{"id":7714,"date":"2011-12-29T03:01:15","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T11:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=7714"},"modified":"2011-12-29T03:01:15","modified_gmt":"2011-12-29T11:01:15","slug":"how-green-was-my-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/7714","title":{"rendered":"Giveaway: How Green Was My Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tI bought three books to gift as giveaways\u00a0for Christmas, but then I decided to do it after the big day, during the recovery, the decompression. Nothing will get you started on the right foot in 2012 like a good book, right?<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ribi, who I mentioned in\u00a0my post, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/6669\">Duck or Duct tape?<\/a>, introduced me to &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;\u00a0<em>How Green Was My Valley\u00a0<\/em>way-back-when.\u00a0It is one of the most beautifully written books I&#8217;ve ever read. I should know. I&#8217;ve read it several times. It&#8217;s that good.<\/p>\n<p>To join in, sign up,\u00a0participate in this giveaway, all you have to do is tell me what your favorite book is and WHY? Don&#8217;t forget to tell me why, because this is your chance to sell\u00a0my\u00a0500 daily journal readers on YOUR choice. (Ah, Web stats\u2014it&#8217;s like\u00a0throwing a huge party without having to mop the floor afterward. You get the same good feeling but without all the work.)\u00a0A huge thanks to all of you who show up for a visit every day.\u00a0I&#8217;m a latecomer to blogging but I love, love, love it\u2014the discipline, the sharing, the way it organizes my thoughts, the daily conversation with &#8220;friends&#8221;\u00a0outside my world. Prior to blogging, I&#8217;d authored a weekly syndicated newspaper column for three years, but I like this new daily gig even better. Thanks for agreeing to bear witness to my life. I am honored.\u00a0My mother journaled every day of her life (she was also a newspaper columnist at the tender age of 15, each column delivered by Model T to Salt Lake City.) I&#8217;m discovering <em>again, <\/em>in yet another new way<em>,<\/em>\u00a0how close\u00a0this apple fell.<\/p>\n<p>Winners will be selected from a hat by my grandgirl, StellaJane. She&#8217;ll announce the three winners in two weeks. We&#8217;ll send it to you promptly along with &#8230;\u00a0a little surprise.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/10619\">Click here<\/a> to see our winners!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image wp-image-7717 aligncenter\" title=\"great_finds_giveaways-green_valley-9165\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/great_finds_giveaways-green_valley-9165.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image wp-image-7730 aligncenter\" title=\"great_finds_giveaways-how_green-2812\" src=\"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/great_finds_giveaways-how_green-2812.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"800\" \/>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I bought three books to gift as giveaways\u00a0for Christmas, but then I decided to do it after the big day, during the recovery, the decompression. 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