🎄 “A dash of flour, a pinch of stage fright, and a whole lot of love.” ❄️ Shy small-town baker, Janine Massey has a secret crush on Alex Hendricks, her best friend and Winterhaven’s handsome drama teacher. When Alex is cast as Mr. Darcy in the town’s Christmas play, Janine reluctantly steps into Elizabeth Bennet’s shoes—and possibly into true love. As rehearsals heat up and snowflakes fall, Janine and Alex discover a chemistry that goes beyond the stage. But with a big-city theater group eyeing Alex's talent and a sophisticated talent scout determined to whisk him away to stardom, Janine must decide whether to confess her feelings or let him pursue his dreams. This heartwarming tale of small-town charm and holiday magic is perfect for fans of sweet Christmas movies and anyone who believes in the power of love, hot cocoa, and cookies.

Intriguing Theatre Critique by Christopher Soden: Performing Arts explored and reviewed, with an eye towards the astonishing.

As a preeminent modernist poet and translator of the classics, John Frederick Nims's work is an elegant fusion of contemporary sensibility with formalist experimentation.

This gorgeous new calendar features super-detailed photographs of snowflakes, with captions describing the science behind their beauty, and literary quotesrelating to nature and snow.

What happens to a snowflake when it falls? To a snowflake, falling may be the scariest thing in the world, but the Curious Snowflake longs to know the truth. She travels throughout the Great Cloud, asking every snowflake she can what happens when they fall, and finds that, while everyone has ideas about it, none of them truly know. Then the Curious Snowflakes falls herself and discovers the truth is more wonderful than anyone imagined. A story of ideas, beliefs, and faith, The Curious Snowflake: A Parable is for anyone, young or old, who asks the big questions about life. "What do you think?"