by Kristie Booker | Aug 3, 2026 | Blog, Blooming into Life
Some stories don’t ask you to escape your life. They invite you to sit with it a little longer. Books about loss, motherhood, and the slow work of healing can meet you exactly where you are—and, hopefully, leave you a little gentler than they found you. If...
by Kristie Booker | Aug 3, 2026 | Blog, Blooming Into Life Recipes, Recipes
A Recipe From Blooming Into Life There’s a moment in Blooming Into Life when Mary Ann watches her niece and granddaughters frost cupcakes for the Criss Creek Fourth of July celebration, and realizes the recipe isn’t really about cupcakes at all. It’s about everyone...
by Kristie Booker | Jul 18, 2026 | Blog
There’s a particular kind of book that feels like coming home — even to a town you’ve never actually visited. Front porches. Neighbors who know your business (and love you anyway). A slow morning with coffee that turns into an afternoon you didn’t...
by Kristie Booker | Jul 8, 2026 | Blog, Summer in the Moon Garden, Summer in the Moon Garden Recipes
From the Murphy family fire pit to yours — how to build the tallest s’mores tower you can. The summer Kat came home to Criss Creek, her niece Tory walked into Millie’s kitchen with a platter of chocolate chip cookies in one hand and heartbreak on her face....
by Kristie Booker | Jul 5, 2026 | Blog, Blooming Into Life Recipes, Summer in the Moon Garden Recipes
There’s a reason chocolate chip cookies never go out of style. They’re the cookie you reach for when you want comfort, a little nostalgia, and something sweet without any fuss. This is my tried-and-true recipe, the one I make again and again, and it...
by Kristie Booker | Jun 25, 2026 | Blog, Summer in the Moon Garden
The full Flower Moon hung low over the garden, and the white blossoms seemed to glow with it. It was Memorial Day night around the fire pit, and my character Kat was sitting between her sister and her best friend, bracing for the question her nieces had been working...