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Heidi Chiavaroli

@heidichiavaroli

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A grace-clinging storyteller writing from the deep curiosity of her own heart.

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Brooke was seven years old the first Christmas Jeremiah came to them. The snatch of time took up space in her mind like a sticky marshmallow ball of pleasant memories—gingerbread smiles, warm wool hats, clustered cousins, and grandparent giggles.

Jeremiah had climbed out of Uncle Curtis’s truck, his mother—Uncle Curtis’s new wife, Kendall—behind him.

The first thing Brooke noticed was the tear running down the side of Jeremiah’s coat. The second thing was of more worth—how his mother’s hands rested protectively on the puffy shoulders of that torn jacket. As if she was ready to do battle with anyone who so much as looked at her son sideways.

Brooke wondered what it would feel like to have a mom like that.

“Hey.” Six-year-old Shawn ran up to Jeremiah. “Want to build a snow fort?”

Kendall’s hands fell from her son’s shoulders as Jeremiah ran off with Shawn.

And just like that, Jeremiah was one of them. The cousins—a chaotic ball of energy and new ideas and adventure and igloo forts and stories and hot chocolate.

- A Bookshop for Christmas by @heidichiavaroli

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Growing shiitake mushrooms with @danchiavaroli !
A long process but completely worth the wait!
#shiitakemushrooms #mushrooms by @heidichiavaroli

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Anyone else ever dehydrate a book after dropping it in the bath? It was actually a pretty effective method for drying the pages, but Dan came home and had to look twice (before cracking up laughing) because he expected that I was dehydrating mushrooms! 😂 by @heidichiavaroli

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🎄🎄🎄ONE MORE WEEK until release day!🎄🎄🎄 by @heidichiavaroli

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I visited a bookstore this weekend with my mom, sister, and nieces (so fun)! While I’ve seen the practice of book edging before, it was definitely a more prominent theme that stuck out to me this time. Even though this is not my typical genre, I couldn’t resist this pretty book!

#bookedging #bookstorevisit by @heidichiavaroli

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“To find not only that this bedlam of color was true but that the pictures were pale and inaccurate translations, was to me startling. I can’t even imagine the forest colors when I am not seeing them.

I wondered whether constant association could cause inattention, and asked a native New Hampshire woman about it. She said that autumn never failed to amaze her; to elate. ‘It is a glory,’ she said, ‘and can’t be remembered, so that it always comes as a surprise.’”

- Travels with Charley, John Steinbeck by @heidichiavaroli

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First autumn walk in the woods this fall ended with a lovely surprise of finding my favorite edible mushroom (hen-of-the-woods)!
#foraging by @heidichiavaroli

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🎁 We’re giving away five copies of A Bookshop for Christmas on Goodreads! Link in bio.

Seven estranged cousins.
One ambitious project.
A hundred ways it could all go very wrong. by @heidichiavaroli

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17 days ago

Second crocheted sweater on my learn-to-crochet journey! This one took several months, and the sleeves ended up a bit too short, but it was a fun project that I will actually wear. 🥰 by @heidichiavaroli

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19 days ago

More Maine pictures in honor of these two amazing ladies BOTH celebrating a birthday today! 🎉🎉🎊🎊 @melissatagg @readfarandwide by @heidichiavaroli

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21 days ago

One last unexpected birthday gift happened to show up late last night! 🎉🥳
#christmasfiction #newbook by @heidichiavaroli

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Plymouth Rock! 😊 by @heidichiavaroli

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