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1. Favourite Songs: Early Autumn Playlist

Amor Milagre Autumn Mudroom Design & Style, Favourite Fall Songs Playlist
Amor Milagre Autumn Mudroom Design & Style, Favourite Fall Songs Playlist

Our trees are just beginning to golden up.  The air is mellowing.  We adore and name pumpkins.  I listen to cosy songs as I write autumnal novels.  Here are a few of my annual favourites.  Love, ~Amor Milagre

Bela Babai:  Haunting Gypsy Melodies (We have the original record, and it sounds extra romantic-spooky with the snap, crackle, pops.)

Nico:  These Days

Matt Elliott:  Something about Ghosts     Our Weight in Oil    I name this ship the tragedy, bless her, and all who sail with her

Hope Sandoval:  Down the Steps

Lhasa de Sela:  De Cara a la Pared  (and all of her songs)

The Kinks:   Strangers   Dedicated Follower of Fashion

Louis Armstrong:  Basin Street Blues

Supergrass:  We’re Not Supposed To    Time

Paco de Lucia:  Malaguena

The Microphones:  I Want Wind to Blow   The Moon    I Felt Your Shape    III Universe   (bus songs)

Francoise Hardy:    Le Temps de l’Amour

Elmore James:  Dust my Broom

Radiohead:  There, There

Al Bowlly:  Midnight, the Stars, and You

Faust:  Jennifer

Doc Boggs:  Oh Death

Super Furry Animals:  Something for the Weekend

Sam Phillips:  Reflecting Light

Big Star:  Thirteen

Nick Drake:  Place to Be

Blur:  Tender

Mason Daring:  The Secret of Roan Inish

Nina Nastasia:  Ugly Face

Italian Folk Lullaby:  Ninna Nanna by a Sardinian singer and guitarist

 

more songs later

oooh…the synesthetic textures…haven’t heard these in a while but…I carry them to listen in memory any old time…

 

The first leaves are falling!

More Playlists Here

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Early Autumn & End of Summer Days & Decor

Amor Milagre Balloon Pumpkin Patch, Early Autumn & End of Summer Days & Decor
Amor Milagre Balloon Pumpkin Patch, Early Autumn & End of Summer Days & Decor

Early crisp breezes, and that certain quieting in the leaves outside my morning window, tell me Autumn is joining us for tea.  Out come the cosy blankets and sweaters.  I paint up some new notecard designs.  We reread old favourites and open the game cupboard.  I wrap up Summer in family albums.  Lessons tuck into homeschool portfolio pages.  The necessary slowing of souls is stirring up comfort as the new daily rain trickles away the whirling of summer.  Hang scarves and knit berets on the hook, for we await thy sweet calm.  Love, ~ Amor Milagre

Amor Milagre Photo Album Catch Up, Early Autumn & End of Summer Days & Decor
Amor Milagre Photo Album Catch Up, Early Autumn & End of Summer Days & Decor

We refresh our year-round homeschool supplies with pretty rainbow pencils, earthy clays and paints, sweet folders, encouraging stickers, and lovely blank notebooks.  A few vintage textbooks make their way to our shelves, in French and Swedish.  We sell clothes that have grown too adorably tiny, keeping some favourites, and wash new gangly organic pajamas full of ghosts and pumpkins.

Amor Milagre Cosy Kitchen Cafe Interior Design, Early Autumn & End of Summer Days & Decor
Amor Milagre Cosy Kitchen Cafe Interior Design, Early Autumn & End of Summer Days & Decor
Amor Milagre Floating Witch Hats Outdoor Halloween Decorations, Early Autumn & End of Summer Days & Decor
Amor Milagre Floating Witch Hats Outdoor Halloween Decorations, Early Autumn & End of Summer Days & Decor

*I missed some decorating, and huge parts of our life, due to being stuck in bed for two weeks + a lifetime.  Note to smokers:  If you must pollute yourselves, do it alone in your home (and don’t move), not in public, and certainly not at non-smoking public beaches where families think they finally have a refuge.  Not in doorways, outside doctor’s offices and hospitals, schools…no smoking anywhere.  We shouldn’t have to survive you, if we even can.  Smoking is highly dangerous to everyone.  Think about it.  What is in the air moves with the wind.  It doesn’t disappear, but it goes directly into our lungs.  We have no control over this, but you do, so stop it.  Ban smoking forever.  It is a crime to harm people and the environment.  The ducks and fish eat your pollution left behind.  It is in the water and soil, too.  Homes, vehicles, gardens, etc are ruined.  Childhoods and days of our life are tragically altered, and in place of joy all is left is fear and illness that never fades but spreads and limits.  It’s not unserious or fleeting.  It is permanently destructive to the lining of our world.  I live in infinite coughs and struggles to breathe.  My family becomes so as well, as they make tea.  Tea?  Tea cannot battle you.  We shouldn’t have to survive you…or not survive you.  Be aware that respiratory issues are, and always have been, a main concern.  End pollution now.  We deserve life.

Amor Milagre Natural Dried Wreath, Early Autumn & End of Summer Days & Decor
Amor Milagre Natural Dried Wreath, Early Autumn & End of Summer Days & Decor

Caring about one thing means caring about everything.  Dare to care.  You will see immense improvements.

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Author Days: Book Signing & First Editions

Author Days: Amor Milagre Book Signing, Leona's Homecoming, First Edition Novel
Author Days: Amor Milagre Book Signing, Leona’s Homecoming, First Edition Novel

Golden bunnies adorn the inside cover of every first edition Amor Milagre book.  I have just released Leona’s Homecoming.  All volumes are signed and sealed with a special AM sticker for collectors and people of all ages to appreciate.  We love finding little treasures as we grow our library.  Explore Leona’s beautiful world of empathy and love in this darling, timeless tale.  Autumn is a good time to dive into this illustrated story as it begins at the end of summer in a cosy seaside town in Italy.  The audiobook will be available this winter.  Volume 2 is coming up next!  I like to leave clear notes for future generations of book lovers.  The next batch will be signed as the second run, so snap up the first now!  Grow Love, ~Amor Milagre

Author Days: Amor Milagre Book Signing, Leona's Homecoming, First Edition Novel
Author Days: Amor Milagre Book Signing, Leona’s Homecoming, First Edition Novel

All of my bookshop is stored on beautiful handmade shelves in our atelier.  Your orders go from me to you for quality assurance.  I am very particular about making sure that every book is in pristine condition before shipment.  These dears are designed to be treasured always.  When we take care of things, they take care of us.  This story is one that nurtures and inspires a beautifully connected life.

Author Days: Amor Milagre Book Signing, Leona's Homecoming, First Edition Novel
Author Days: Amor Milagre Book Signing, Leona’s Homecoming, First Edition Novel

All stickers are hand-embossed by me, the author!  This is a fun moment in time.

Amor Milagre Leona's Homecoming #1-4 Vol. I The Love Letter Diaries Novel Series
Amor Milagre Leona’s Homecoming #1-4 Vol. I The Love Letter Diaries Novel Series

There is a special page for you to write your inscription.  I love rereading the when, where, who…

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New Novel: Leona’s Homecoming, The Love Letter Diaries Vol. I

Amor Milagre Leona's Homecoming #1-4 Vol. I The Love Letter Diaries Novel Series
Amor Milagre Leona’s Homecoming #1-4 Vol. I The Love Letter Diaries Novel Series 

I am pleased to introduce the illustrated Vol. I of The Love Letter Diaries, Leona’s Homecoming.  These darling books are my favourite.  They are my heart.  I hope they become a part of yours, too.  So, if you like romance, peaceful living, gardening, art, seasonal holidays, delicious foods, love, mer-mysteries, and sweet families, then allow these life-long friends to invite you into their beautiful world.  Hold them dear, and they will whisper amusing ideas for you to try as you write your own days.

The Love Letter Diaries:  A Peaceful Novel Series

Unfold mysteries of past, present, and future lives and loves through the empathic souls of Leona’s town of friends as they invent and enjoy simple pleasures and Nature’s joy during the first year of seasonal festivals.  The illustrations reflect the memory-based scrapbook evolution of the story.  This is an ongoing tale of real love, healing, connection, and the endless benefits of growing an ever-expanding web of kind hearts.  Adoration lives in each character of this Italian seaside town, guided in love by one lovely woman.  Her granddaughter, and her friends, continue sharing this positive energy together.

This ethically made book series allows the reader to explore the four seasons of Leona’s beautifully sensitive world.  The books are a delight and a chance for planting and growing seeds of positive change for all.  The festivals are full of delicious foods and exciting events where every person’s gifts are celebrated.  (Printed on cream FSC Certified Paper in the USA.)

I have written these books in love and gratitude in the hope that these pages will blend peacefully into my readers’ lives.  These loving novels are wonderful gifts for the Self and Dear Ones to explore your own passions, while appreciating each season of nature’s gifts.  Read these books in order for a sense of how simple pleasures and small acts of kindness can add up to connective positive changes that benefit all for ages.

Shop the Leona Collection: This pretty book is the updated illustrated paperback edition.  Neutral colours timelessly match your interiors, so pass this empowering heirloom down through the ages.  Hand-painted artwork is available to shop as fine art prints and stationery.  The Empathic Goddess  design (wax seals and cards) also symbolizes Leona.  The Leona Book Chapter Ink Illustrations are featured on a notecard set, as well as the four seasonal book L’s as a card set.

This audiobook is coming up soon.  Check back for the release of Vol. 2 stories #5-8.  Love,  ~Amor Milagre

Also available to shop in my Etsy Shop and in my Amazon Store.

Amor Milagre Leona's Homecoming #1-4 Vol. I The Love Letter Diaries Novel Series
Amor Milagre Leona’s Homecoming #1-4 Vol. I The Love Letter Diaries Novel Series
Amor Milagre Leona's Homecoming #1-4 Vol. I The Love Letter Diaries Novel Series
Amor Milagre Leona’s Homecoming #1-4 Vol. I The Love Letter Diaries Novel Series 

Explore this peacefully empowering story.

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New! Amor Milagre’s Gift Shop on Etsy

Atelier Amor Milagre Gift Shop
Atelier Amor Milagre Gift Shop

Good afternoon, Love Doves…

I am taking time this week to fill up my new  Etsy Shop.  For my customers who are already over on that site, this makes it a little easier to check out.  I will be adding in a few products a week.  This is a curated core collection of my art, books, stationery, wax seals, and home gifts, so to shop the full range of growing collections stay here on my official site at amormilagre.com

Wishing the August babes an early Happy Birthday!   Love, ~Amor Milagre

Coming Soon:  An Original Wax Seal Stamp Sticker  Design for Summer