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November 2018 FREE BOOK!
November is a great month to give-away a fun Christmas novel! I just finished reading Michelle Griep’s 12 DAYS AT BLEAKLY MANOR, the first book in the Once Upon A Dickens Christmas series. I think it’s perfect for the holiday season. Set in England in 1850 and full of characters that could have come from…
TINSEL!
Wild Word Friday! The word TINSEL comes to the English language from the Middle French word etinceller, which means to ornament with sparkling color. When I was a child, TINSEL was a very big part of our Christmas, and decorating the tree was something we all did as a family, Mom, Dad, and all us…
January 2019 FREE BOOK Winner!
Congratulations to Ginny Lockhart who won our Free Book drawing this month! In answer to our question about what color roses she likes best, Ginny said, “I don’t know the real name, but blush pink. It reminds me of the pink in ballet shoes and tutus.” I think you’ve mentioned a color that many of…
YEN
Wild Word Friday! It probably won’t surprise you to know that the English language borrowed the word YEN from the Chinese language, the Cantonese dialect. To the ears of an English-speaker, YEN sounds Chinese. During the mid-1800s when Chinese immigration to the United States peaked, they brought the word in-yan with them. In-yan means…
December 2018 FREE BOOK!
During this holiday season, I thought it would be fun to give away a couple children’s books. Perhaps you are familiar with authors Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stoick, who combine incredible nature photography with narrative to produce their very treasured and popular children’s picture books. The two Sams/Stoick books we will give away…
A Glance Back – Video!
For the next month or so I’ll be experimenting with a new idea for Friday posts – A Glance Back. I hope these posts will let you know me a bit better, and – this is the fun part for me – let me get to know you better, too! For this first post, I…