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TUNIC
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Wild Word Friday! Since most of us give and receive clothing as Christmas gifts, I thought you might enjoy a Wild Word post about the TUNIC. The classic Middle Eastern TUNIC was made from plant fiber, specifically linen, and it was adopted by Europeans about 6000 years ago, shortly after the people of Eastern Europe had learned to spin and weave…
August ’13 Free Book #2!
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Count me as a fan of Michael K. Reynolds! In his novel IN GOLDEN SPLENDOR, Reynolds continues his Heirs of Ireland saga, but this novel can be read as a stand-alone book, too. From the back cover: “In 1849, Irish immigrant Seamus Hanley is a lost soul . . . living alone in the…
Happy Thanksgiving 2013!!
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It’s not about the “stuff,” although we are so very blessed with things, gadgets, and belongings. It’s not about the “stuffing,” although we will enjoy a feast. It’s all about the love! HAPPY THANKSGIVING and many BLESSINGS TO ALL!! (Class of 68 photograph, Christine Nettleton; Boy and Grandfather Photograph, Lori Nixon; cat photograph, Monia Kanebog;…
SARCASM
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Wild Word Friday! In researching the word SARCASM, I discovered that it definitely deserves the title Wild Word. SARCASM isn’t usually a part of my repertoire, but a couple of years ago a person told me that they were going to do something which I knew would hurt the feelings of an elderly person dear…
AWARD
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Wild Word Friday! The word AWARD comes to us via a progression that goes backwards in time from the Middle English, awarden, to the Old Norman French, eswarder, to the Old French, esgarder. Esgarder springs from the Latin, ex-garder, which is the base word for many English words that refer to the concept of guarding…
ALASKA
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Wild Word Friday! Linguists agree that the name ALASKA comes to us from a Native word. There’s some disagreement about which word and even which language. Generally, the consensus is that ALASKA means The Great Land, derived from the Aleut word alyeska, which also means “that which the sea breaks against.” I’m not here to…