🥂 Happy NORA's Day 🍰

The one gift Ana always gave herself on her birthday was a completely free day.

She could be as lazy as she chose, or as industrious. She could get up at dawn

and gorge on ice cream for breakfast, or she could laze in bed until noon

watching old movies on television.

The single best plan for the one day of the year that belonged only to her was no

plan at all.

Entranced

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How Can I Tell What I Exactly Want For My Birthday?

What do you want for your birthday? Wait, don't tell me,
 I already know! If you also wanna know then play 
this surprising gift quiz.

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“Does your mother have a birthday coming up?”

“She stopped having them about ten years ago. 
We just call it Marlene’s Day.”

“Smart woman.”

Remember When

Home Happiness test

Professionally, her life was besieged by problems, pain, frustrations. 

To compensate, she kept her private world organized and simple. 

Because she’d grown up with the cushion of

wealth and education, she took the Matisse print on her wall and the Baccarat crystal on

the table as a matter of course. 

She preferred clean lines and pastels, but now and again

found herself drawn to something jarring, like the abstract oil in vivid strokes and

arrogant colors over her table. 

She understood her need for the harsh as well as the soft,

and was content. One of her top priorities was to remain content.

Sacred Sins

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Are you a ‘home wrestler’ or a ‘home warrior’? 

Take Sarah's test to see how much you love your home and what you could do to it to make you happier!

IDEAL HOME

Do you really know your Easter?

“Then there was the whole Easter thing happening.”

“The Easter Bunny came already?”

“What? No.” Now he laughed, the sound rolling down the empty street. “He hasn’t finished laying the eggs yet.”

“Eli, the Easter Chicken lays the eggs. The bunny hides them.”

“Whatever, they’re doing it at Bluff House this year.”

Whiskey Beach

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Easter, celebrated in the spring of every year in the Western world, has a great deal of trivia and interesting facts associated with it. 

Some are historical, some religious, and some just plain fun. 

Countries all over the world have their own traditions, food, and special holiday fun. In this article, you will find Easter trivia questions (some with answers), interesting Bible trivia, and Easter trivia facts. 

Use these for parties, to challenge your friends, and to learn more about this interesting celebration for yourself.

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Mentions in Nora's Books

“I like that better. Everyone’s connected. It’s not just Kevin Bacon. 
If you work at it, you can put a handful of degrees between 
almost any two people.”

Blood Brothers 

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"Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon is a parlour game based on the "six degrees of separation" concept, which posits that any two people on Earth are six or fewer acquaintance links apart. Movie buffs challenge each other to find the shortest path between an arbitrary actor and prolific actor Kevin Bacon. It rests on the assumption that anyone involved in the Hollywood film industry can be linked through their film roles to Bacon within six steps. The game requires a group of players to try to connect any such individual to Kevin Bacon as quickly as possible and in as few links as possible." in wikipedia

😊   I find this so much fun  💗

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Find the Bacon Number

The Bacon number of an actor or actress is the number of degrees of separation they have from the actor Kevin Bacon.
This is an application of the Erdős number to the Hollywood movie industry.
The higher the Bacon number, the farther away from Kevin Bacon the actor is.

SIX DEGREES OF KEVIN BACON

Who is Your Author BFF?

... besides Nora Roberts, of course ;) ...

Sometimes authors hit the nail on the head so perfectly, it almost feels like they know us. They write from the heart and connect to us in ways that sometimes even our closest friends can’t. Authors, like friends, are important because they can touch, anger, disappoint, and humor us—as well as spark our imagination. Even in their differences, friends, and authors, are there for us in our hardest and happiest times. Which author would you be best friends with?

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