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Jul 2015
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Ep. 16 Wisdom, grace, and a donkey with ...

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What a delight to welcome my long-time blogging friend and acclaimed author Rachel Anne Ridge to Sorta Awesome! Publisher’s Weekly listed her book Flash: The Homeless Donkey Who Taught Me about Life, Faith, and Second Chances one of their Best Summer Books 2015. Today, she joins us to talk about coffee, parenting (especially parenting teens! eek!), and a donkey named Flash who changed everything for their family.   SHOW NOTES 1) Joy Williams on VENUS song by song at Medium.com 2) Heather King :: The Extraordinary Ordinary, Your Hard is Hard 3) Book Trailer for Flash 4) FlashTheDonkey.com and Flash on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! Find Rachel Anne at her blog HomeSanctuary.com and on Twitter As always, thanks to Progger for allowing us to use the song Strut! Find more from Progger at Proggermusic.comFeedback on today’s show? Sign up for the show’s mailing list at tinyletter.com/SortaAwesome or leave a comment below (click the date link). And don’t forget to find us in the Sorta Awesome Hangout on Facebook! You can find me on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! Show notes for every episode of Sorta Awesome are available at sortaawesomemegan.tumblr.com

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