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Bite this Book: Notes from a Blue Bike (5-copy giveaway)

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by Aimee

Tsh’s new book, Notes from a Blue Bike, landed in my hands earlier this week on a cold grey afternoon and brought an instant bright spot to my day with its beautiful blue cover and familiar author’s name. I hugged it tight and skipped into the kitchen to put the kettle on.

I was only able to sink my teeth into Part I before Clara woke from her nap, but already Tsh had spread a bountiful buffet of fresh ideas that I slowly digested in my mind for the rest of the afternoon. I couldn’t wait to get back to the book.

As it happened, my kindergartener Mateo was battling a dreadful fever that night, and when I tucked him into bed, he clung to me tight, begging me to snuggle. Normally, I’d have to head downstairs to start my evening writing shift, but tonight? Well, book-writing and blogging could wait.

I switched on the bedside lamp and made myself as comfortable as I could on the sliver of bedside that my boy had left for me. I pulled the sheets up to Mateo’s chin and re-opened Notes from a Blue Bike. Beloved for her voice on The Art of Simple, Tsh has a comfortable writing style that is simple to absorb and process even with my dead-tired, end-of-the-day fried mommy brain.

Notes From a Blue Bike

I couldn’t put the book down. It was very late before I closed the cover, and Mateo was fast asleep, his lashes long on his bright red cheeks. The next day, he was feeling better, and I wrapped up my reading with my morning coffee while he finished a puzzle.

Tsh words felt like a rich feast, a meal I didn’t know I was so hungry to eat. They were both affirming (hello backyard chickens) and inspiring (hmm, are our passports up to date?).

Keep reading for more of my thoughts on Tsh’s book, view the trailer for Notes from a Blue Bike: The Art of Living Intentionally in a Chaotic World and enter a giveaway to win one of five copies!

Part memoir, part travelogue, and part practical guide to living intentionally, Notes from a Blue Bike is Tsh gently sharing her own story of wanting to put the brakes on the family’s crazy-hectic life in the USA. After experiencing life in another culture (European), she and hubby Kyle sought ways to live life more slowly and discovered that, although they were out of the norm, this was how their family of five thrived.

Tsh, author of Notes from a Blue Bike

Tsh covers the topics of Food, Work, Education, Travel, and Entertainment in her book with personal stories and practical examples of what approaching these subjects with intention means for her family. It’s not preachy. It’s pretty genius. It spoke deeply into my vision for our family culture.

Tsh and I have been working friends since 2009, approximately, so I’ve been following her journey for quite a while. It’s been impressive to watch her evolve, morph, juggle and ultimately, thrive.

It’s funny, I imagined I would highlight the food chapter from Blue Bike in this review, but the overall message is too powerful not to mention.  I feel like Tsh has just handed me a guidebook to help me figure out how to live my very best life while staying true to my values, my commitments to seasonal foods, and my decision to make choices different from the surrounding culture.

Of course, you can still listen to her thoughts on slow food, eating local and cooking from scratch on this handy You Tube clip. Just be sure to come back and enter the giveaway below!

Woolf quote, Notes from a Blue Bike

Giveaway!

Thank you to the publishers at Thomas Nelson, I have FIVE copies of Notes from a Blue Bike to give away.

How to enter: Leave a comment on this post and tell me which topic you’d like a little inspiration on in your life: Food, Work, Education, Travel or Entertainment. That’s it!

Giveaway ends Sunday, February 9, 2014 at 9 am EST. Good Luck!

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Bite this Book: Notes from a Blue Bike (5-copy giveaway)

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