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Author: Ronda Bowen

Ronda Bowen is a writer, editor, and independent scholar. She has a Master of Arts in Philosophy from Northern Illinois University and a B.A. in Philosophy, Pre-Graduate Option, Honors in the Major from California State University, Chico. When she is not working on client projects from her editorial consulting business, she is writing a novel. In her free time, she enjoys gourmet cooking, wine, martinis, copious amounts of coffee, reading, watching movies, sewing, crocheting, crafts, hanging out with her husband, and spending time with their teenage son and infant daughter.

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Now Accepting Guest Posts

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  If you’ve always wanted to write about wine, or if you have your own wine blog, perhaps it’s time to think about guest posting on Wining Wife. Guidelines for posting can be found here.   Even if you don’t want to write about wine, but you have a great recipe, or you would like …

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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cookies (My Absolute Favorite!)

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So, today I was sitting around writing and editing, and I thought about the peanut butter chips that have been hanging out in my new pantry. I’d forgotten I’d bought them. I don’t know about you, but I love chocolate and peanut butter together, and I was really excited to find Sunspire Peanut Butter Chips, which …

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Cold Press Juicers vs. Centrifugal Juicer

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So, someone has really done his/her homework and knows that when it comes to juicing it’s a lot more than a simple juicer, a simple sieve or the good old squeezers. Whenever it comes to comparison between two juicers, we can’t directly jump to conclusions as there are different people with different requirements, different tastes …

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Delicious Red Wines From Napa Valley

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  I’ve decided that I will accept guest posts for this blog, especially while I’m pregnant, in order to provide you with fresh wine news. Here is another post from Chuck Withers over at Two Guys Wine and Travel Blog   With such a wine-conducive climate and beautifully fertile soils, it is no wonder that Napa …

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Five Popular Red Wines

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  I’ve decided that I will accept guest posts for this blog, especially while I’m pregnant, in order to provide you with fresh wine news. Here is another post from Chuck Withers over at Two Guys Wine and Travel Blog.   Wine has long been known as a social drink. People like to get together and …

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Helpful Tips For Choosing The Best Napa Valley White Wine

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  I’ve decided that I will accept guest posts for this blog, especially while I’m pregnant, in order to provide you with fresh wine news. Here is another post from Chuck Withers over at Two Guys Wine and Travel Blog.   When it comes to Napa Valley wines in general, there isn’t a high likelihood of …

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How To Choose A Cabernet Sauvignon

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  I’ve decided that I will accept guest posts for this blog, especially while I’m pregnant, in order to provide you with fresh wine news. Here is another post from Chuck Withers over at Two Guys Wine and Travel Blog.   Known as one of the best wines in the entire world, Cabernet Sauvignon is one …

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Food Pairing With Malbec (Guest Post)

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I’ve decided that I will accept guest posts for this blog, especially while I’m pregnant, in order to provide you with fresh wine news. Here is another post from Chuck Withers over at Two Guys Wine and Travel Blog. Serving drinks takes a certain amount of expertise. Whether you are having a big dinner party with …

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Tips For Serving Cabernet Sauvignon (Guest Post)

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Here is another guest post from Chris Withers of the Two Guys Wine and Travel Blog. When you are planning a dinner party, you probably go over every last detail time after time to make sure that you have thoroughly prepared. There are a lot of aspects to consider, including the food you will provide, …

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Wine Bottle Storage – Important Considerations (Guest Post)

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I’ve decided that I will accept guest posts for this blog, especially while I’m pregnant, in order to provide you with fresh wine news. Here is the first from Chuck Withers over at Two Guys Wine Supplies. If you purchase good wine on a regular basis, it simply costs too much not to store it …

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Mom of 5, homeschooling family, coffee fanatic, Girl Scouts troop leader, blogger, author, editor
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Theme Song: "Little Girl Gone" by CHINCHILLA1 Yest Theme Song: "Little Girl Gone" by CHINCHILLA1 Yesterday marked three of my dad's birthdays, when he wasn't here. Well, I mean, his body's here. It's in a tin-can-urn-thing on my bookshelf in my family room (don't get me started on how weird that is.) I already know it's weird. I don't know where to put him. I figured this way he gets a "view" of the grandkids he never really got to meet…... https://www.wellcaffeinatedmom.com/2025/10/11/its-been-two-years-three-birthdays-two-halloweens-two-thanksgivings-and-counting/
We’re celebrating the release of Shattered Compa We’re celebrating the release of Shattered Compass by Lenore Greiner - Memoir Amazon: https://amzn.to/4jIvEhr @RABTBookTours #RABTBookTours #ShatteredCompass #LenoreGreiner #memoir How does a young woman cope when she cannot speak the truth? When nineteen-year-old Lenore experiences sexual assault while studying abroad in Italy, her entire world shifts. Survival becomes the focus of her daily life, physical illness grabs control of her body, and no one can free her from her pain. A ghost of herself, she takes the path of denial, believing it’s the only way to protect her loved ones and herself from her harsh reality. On her journey toward peace, she assumes the expected roles of mother and wife, but a traumatic diagnosis puts her at a crossroads. She must start living the life she wants or roam her days as a victim in the chaos of fear. Lenore’s escape through travel allows her to reconcile the imprisonment she’s suffered over the years. However, when another family tragedy strikes, Lenore understands she must finally come to terms with the silence she’s kept. But what if one incident that happened decades ago is too destructive, too deep to be excavated? Will she be able to find herself in the rubble? Or will she be lost forever?
My birthday was not yesterday but the week before. My birthday was not yesterday but the week before. I got to go to lunch with one of my good friends, then my husband and kids took me to @halfpricebooks to pick out books and @loweshomeimprovement to pick out some plants. And then we headed off to dinner. This is one of the things I picked up from the bookstore. It looks pretty cool, lots of concrete actions to take for those who want to change things. Some of them are simple, some of them take more effort. Just thought I'd share.
Saw this super - cute bee on our walkway today, so Saw this super - cute bee on our walkway today, so I had to try out the new phone's Camera Zoom feature. Turned out pretty cool. #samsung24ultra #bee
Today's guest post comes from Joaquin Miranda of B Today's guest post comes from Joaquin Miranda of Build & Renovate. As global awareness of sustainability and carbon footprint grows, it's crucial to build your home's surroundings to be resilient and low on energy consumption. Adopting energy-efficient landscaping practices is one legitimate way to do that. The residential sector accounts for approximately 20% of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions, mostly from fossil fuels used to heat, cool, and power such built environments. ... https://www.wellcaffeinatedmom.com/2024/07/19/implementing-energy-efficient-landscaping-design-in-2024/
I mentioned in my previous post about starting to I mentioned in my previous post about starting to clean when you're not sure where to begin that making the bed daily is super important to me. I wanted to talk a bit more about how making the bed helps me and why I feel it's an important part of my daily routine. It's a Reminder That There's No "Done" in Cleaning…... https://www.wellcaffeinatedmom.com/2024/07/09/why-i-think-making-the-bed-is-so-important/
Self Help, Spiritual Inspiration Date Published: 0 Self Help, Spiritual Inspiration Date Published: 06-12-2024 Truths beautifully expressed Toby Negus, author and illustrator of The heart knows what the mind cannot see, has created a collection of lyrical inspirational prose messages coupled with colorful and mesmerizing symbolic illustrations that speak to the soul. The author has continued his exploration of the most transformational psychospiritual concepts that lie deeply within all humans, bringing the…... https://www.wellcaffeinatedmom.com/2024/07/08/book-blitz-heart-soul-by-toby-negus/
When you're bored, it's easy to check out. We watc When you're bored, it's easy to check out. We watch movies or listen to podcasts while cleaning. We mindlessly scroll through social media while waiting for more exciting things to happen. But if we're not careful, we can scroll long enough that life starts passing us by. Even worse, we start to become bored with our normal lives and long for the lives we see depicted by those we follow on social media.... https://www.wellcaffeinatedmom.com/2024/07/07/lifes-more-fun-when-youre-fully-present-for-it/
I hate to admit it, but after the events of last y I hate to admit it, but after the events of last year, my home became a bit of a depression nest. We've finally come out of it, but knowing where to start when everything needs to be cleaned can be overwhelming. Here's the trick I used to fool my brain into thinking we were playing a game. Before I get into my trick, I want to share some things that have helped reclaim our house from the clutches of messiness.... https://www.wellcaffeinatedmom.com/2022/01/05/dont-know-how-to-get-started-cleaning-try-this-trick/
At the end of 2021, when I changed the name of thi At the end of 2021, when I changed the name of this blog from Wining Wife® to Well-Caffeinated Mom, I also put some other projects into retirement. I changed the name of this blog to reflect changing priorities (I still enjoy wine and spirits from time to time, but there are other things I want to write about) with the idea that I could swallow the other two blogs into this one.... https://www.wellcaffeinatedmom.com/2024/07/04/bringing-back-two-of-my-blogs-just-a-secular-homeschooler-and-activism-my-way/
I don't know about you, but I've had friends and s I don't know about you, but I've had friends and strangers recently both make comments that have led to me feeling bad at first then getting angry second. When friends and loved ones (let alone strangers) share their big scary hair audacious plans with you, are you someone who cheers them on, or do you start up with all the ways things might go wrong -- or worse tell them outright that it's not possible? Here's a post about why we should keep our fears about what others are doing to ourselves. https://www.wellcaffeinatedmom.com/2024/07/03/stop-asking-people-to-tamp-themselves-down-for-your-comfort/ #supportotherwomen #stoptearingeachotherdown #buildupothers
Laughing is Forever by Jason Stocks – Poetry Am Laughing is Forever by Jason Stocks – Poetry Amazon: https://amzn.to/3VKXdN3 @RABTBookTours #RABTBookTours #LaughingisForever #JasonStocks #Poetry Laughing is Forever is my second book. And while it’s gritty, rhythmic, dark and dangerous it’s also fun, quirky, and inquisitive. Topics range from growing up in the Deep South to questioning the mainstream narrative of how it all . . . came to be. I want people who don’t read much and who hate poetry (the largest demographic) to give this collection a chance and fall in love with books by reading something that they can relate to and/or be awed by. Laughing is Forever is a standalone book, a brand-new beast, but follows in the footsteps of Blameforest in the sense that it’s reinventing what poetry can be. And hopefully inspiring folks to take risks with their own work and stand out from the maddening crowd.
Do you like tea? You might want to give the teas f Do you like tea? You might want to give the teas from The Art of Tea @artofteala a try. Today, I will review their products on the blog. #artoftea #teatime #teasforpoetryteatime #poetryteatime
When your partner takes you to a plant nursery to When your partner takes you to a plant nursery to pick a plant out for your 12th anniversary and buys you two because you were having a hard time deciding, they are a keeper for sure. #plantsofinstagram #variegatedplants
That moment when your husband takes you to a green That moment when your husband takes you to a greenhouse for Mother's Day and tells you to pick what you want. #plantsofinstagram #iloveplants #caletheastella #croton #ravenzz
You might be a homeschooling family if hearing an You might be a homeschooling family if hearing an owl hoot leads to disecting owl pellets and a deep dive into owls. #homeschooling #homeschoolscience
Taking it old school #theoregontrail Taking it old school #theoregontrail
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