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J. R. Hatchigan
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Michigan-based mystery novelist. My books feature Polish-American investigative reporter Joe Novak. My likes: cats, dogs, shopping, rainy days, long walks, a bit of hygge, a good laugh, a good cup of tea, and good peeps. Interested in books?
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Autumn morning. A hint of frost on the grass. Leaves gently falling.

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November 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Cozy autumn morning. Having a cup of hot tea. Enjoying a candle by the fireplace.

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November 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Spotted in my town. Set up by a local art studio. Repurposed newspaper vending machine. Very 70’s. Very 😎

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November 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Loving this art work! Happy Halloween, fellow readers, writers, and bakers and bread aficionados!

(Art spotted in the Etsy WordyBunnyBoutique tee shop.)

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October 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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My latest loaf of my 100% organic whole wheat sourdough bread. I know not everyone likes rustic bread like this, but imho it’s the best!

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October 30, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Homer has more readers today than he ever had in his lifetime!

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October 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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What a difference a decimal makes! (Fellow shoppers were taking pics of this very high-priced piano at Costco today. I ❤️ Costco, btw.) 😄

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October 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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“Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.”

― H.G. Wells

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October 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Bought this beautiful paperback edition of John Preston’s The Dig from Blackwell.co.uk (Free shipping!)

Printed and bound in Britain, it arrived in pristine condition. Has that wonderful new book scent.

I ❤️ ordering some of
my books from
the UK.

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October 23, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Do you know who Françoise Gilot is? You should! She’s one of the few women who walked away from Picasso’s abuse and thrived. Four of his previous “muses” died in poverty, one of them went mad, and one committed suicide.

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October 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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It’s hard to find dense, hard-crusted European-bakery-style bread (my fave). Not to mention how pricey this healthy, honest kind of bread is. Really pumped to have learned sourdough basics well enough to bake loaves like this.

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October 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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My second loaf ever of 100% organic whole wheat sourdough. I remembered to slash the dough this time.

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October 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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My first loaf of homemade whole wheat sourdough bread. I forgot to slash the top before baking. Oh, well. Smells wonderful!

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October 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Happiness is . . . listening to Coldplay while taking an autumn walk in Michigan.

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October 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Here’s a list of cover designers someone sent to me. Thoughts?

Damonza
Book Cover Zone
Paper and Sage Designs
Fiverr
Self-Publishing Lab
JD&J Design
Authors Support

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October 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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I’m looking for a cover designer. Self-pubbed mystery-suspense novelists, please recommend your fave cover designer. Include images of their work too, if you can. TIA

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October 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Started reading Elizabeth Bowen’s The Death of the Heart, but won’t finish it. Bowen succeeds too well in portraying the stultifying life of Portia, a friendless orphan in 1930’s bougie Britain. Exquisite writing. Claustrophobic effect.

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October 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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For the love of heaven, why does every recipe I search for online require scrolling down through endless blather?

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October 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Nothing is too wonderful to be true.
- Michael Faraday.

Michael Faraday was a self-taught scientist whose discoveries became the basis of all modern theories of electromagnetic phenomena.

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October 1, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Love this - The Sportsman’s Prayer

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September 28, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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Read before the day starts. It limbers your imagination, your curiosity. It trains your empathy. That’s medicine for all.

- Patrick Page

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August 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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To practice, art, no matter how well or how badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it!

- Kurt Vonnegut

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August 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

- Samuel Beckett

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August 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Walk on air against your better judgment.

- Epitaph of poet Seamus Heaney

Minutes before he died, Heaney texted his final words to his wife.

They were the Latin phrase “Noli timere" (“Be not afraid").

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August 20, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Stop trying to fix everything!

Good advice from Jennifer King Lindley and the latest issue of Real Simple - realsimple.com

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August 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM