Sarah Pottenger

Mystery writer, Diet Coke drinker, voracious reader. MFA graduate and library employee. Book rec queen. NASCAR fan. 🏁📚🏁

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Sometimes the mail lady stops in front of my house to touch up her makeup, and I like to think that somewhere farther along her route is a broody and grizzled single father with a plucky daughter who she's trying to impress. #welcometomyhallmarkmovie

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@nascarcasm @SportsonPrime I feel like MTJ must owe Dale Jr. a really big favor.

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Trying to cross-post here more often. I have a monthly Substack! I started it in March, and my May post just went live.

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@nascarcasm That's exactly what I was thinking while watching. 😂

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@JessCozziWrites I haven't gone away for more than 4 days in a long time, but for those I need at least two. I need an extra in case I don't like the first one.

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@JessCozziWrites Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell!

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@JessCozziWrites Same. 😴

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@JessCozziWrites 64 this year, 7 this month. December included a snow day and a bad cold, so I had extra reading time. I also managed to read an equal number of library books and books I own.

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@nascarcasm My favorites are the similes: eyes as green as the infield at Daytona (pre-Ryan Preece, obviously).

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@JessCozziWrites Lucky! I have to work Monday, but then I'm off until Jan. 5.

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@JessCozziWrites 7!

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@Gabino_Iglesias I have football on in the background while I read this.

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@JessCozziWrites I just hit my reading goal last night, but I really want to have read the same number of library books and books I own. So I'm going to try to read 7 books I own before the end of the year. 😆😭

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@JessCozziWrites I'm too old to do that anymore. 😆 But I did stay up pretty late (for me) on Tuesday night to finish Elyse Myers' book. 5 stars!

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@Gabino_Iglesias Last year I was Baby Yoda. I made everything but the sweater.

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@JessCozziWrites Four.

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@Gabino_Iglesias Reading the uncut version of The Stand for the first time. Watching NASCAR this afternoon.

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@JessCozziWrites Timers have never worked well for me, but Hank Green's Focus Friend does because I don't want my little bean to get sad! 😆 It also keeps me from checking my phone constantly.

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@JessCozziWrites Also, when you're doing solid stitching, it's easier to fix mistakes. Since there's a stitch in every square, you can just stitch on top of the wrong one.

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@JessCozziWrites I also highlight every stitch I make on my pattern to keep myself on track. That's pretty essential with a piece of solid stitching like this.

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@JessCozziWrites I do one color for as long as I can (to a point--if I go too far, I start making mistakes). Sometimes I'm working on an area where I have to change color every few stitches, and that's a pain because progress feels slow. But the whole thing isn't like that.