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Thank You

28 Monday Dec 2020

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Healthcare Workers, Thank You

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Never was so much owed by so many to so few. 

~ Winston Churchill ~

My friend Fraggle at https://fragglerocking.org just posted a picture of her husband who is a healthcare worker in the UK. She took this in response to the prompt your year in one photo. I’ll be honest and say I cried. Fraggle managed to capture the look of sadness, exhaustion, and determination that I imagine is common on the faces of all healthcare workers. There have been countless pictures taken in hospitals of medical personnel as they work tirelessly to save lives, but this simple black and white photo struck me on a visceral level like no other. While I’ve thanked frontline workers in previous posts for the sacrifices they’ve made during this year from Hell, it bears repeating. So, thank you to Phil and all the other heroes out there who kept doing what they do best…helping the rest of us.

Happy World Teachers Day!

05 Friday Oct 2018

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Dan Rather, Thank You, World Teachers Day

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World Teachers Day is such an important day to recognize, I can’t believe it almost slipped by me this year. Thankfully, I remembered two hours before the end of the day so I’m sending a huge THANK YOU to all you teachers out there!

The dream begins, most of the time, with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you on to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called truth.

~ Dan Rather ~

Blog Update

28 Tuesday Feb 2017

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Blog Update, Thank You

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Hi guys! I just wanted to give you an update on what’s happening with me migraine wise. I still have one, although it’s not quite as bad. It was a 10+ and now it’s down to a 7 or 8. My Dr. just started me on a new medication so I’m hoping that kicks in soon. I’m going to try to start catching up with everyone’s blogs and doing some new book reviews but it may be a little slow going over the next few days. Just writing up the review for Winter Of The Gods made the pain increase, so I’m going to tread carefully until this thing is gone. I really want to thank all of you for your support and well wishes. I can’t tell you what it means to me, and I hope you don’t mind bearing with me a little longer. I’m going to go find an ice pack right now, but I want you to know how much I appreciate you!

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1000 Followers!

04 Friday Nov 2016

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1000 Followers!, Thank You

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A few days ago I found out I had reached this unbelievable milestone! After I regained consciousness, my first reaction was something like this:

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And this:

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And just a little of this:

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Okay. And this as well:

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Since then, I’ve actually reached 1,010 followers, not that I’m counting or anything!

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Seriously though, I really want to thank all of you who follow me. I started this blog back in July of 2014 simply because I had recently become disabled and missed being a librarian. To be honest, after twenty-six years of being a reading advocate, I was floundering. But then I stumbled upon the wonderful community that makes up WordPress. Since then, I’ve had over 41,000 views and almost 16,000 visitors, which I find completely unfathomable. I’m not very skilled technologically speaking, so By Hook Or By Book isn’t exactly the flashiest blog out there. Yet, you all come to visit, read my reviews and share your thoughts, and for that I just can’t thank you enough. I’ve made so many friends from all over the world, which has made blogging an incredibly enriching experience for me. I will endeavor to keep providing honest book reviews, the occasional political post when I’m feeling especially aggravated, as well as some inspirational and humorous ones. If there’s anything you find lacking and you’d like me to add, please let me know. In the meantime I just want to thank all of you again, for making this such a rewarding experience!

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