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Small Joys–The Egg Hunt
Do you have an Easter Egg story? My family does. Years ago, when I was about 15, our family was nearly complete with 4 of our 5 children. My brother Bob was 13. Brother Roger was nearly 4 and sister Tish, almost 2. We didn’t yet have my brother John. The Easter egg search was…
August 2017 FREE BOOK!
It’s my joy to offer two books this month, BREATHE BREATHE, a poetry chapbook, that includes two short stories, by my friend Erin Sweet Al-Mehairi and BITTER, SWEET by another friend, Canadian author Laura Best. Both women are blessed with the ability to etch a heart-rending and heart-healing picture through their elegant words. From the…
SELEDREORIG
Wild Word Friday! Please don’t ask me how to pronounce it, but SELEDREORIG is an Anglo-Saxon word that means “sadness for the lack of a hall.” In Anglo-Saxon days, a hall was a long rectangular community building, usually made of timber and roofed with thatch. Most halls had a centrally located hearth. According to archaeologists, almost every Anglo-Saxon…
Small Joys–Heritage Gifts
About two weeks ago, my husband and I received a wonderful gift from cousins . Take a look. You might not have seen anything quite like it! It’s called a violin-uke and sometime in the past–circa 1930–my husband’s great aunt and great uncle purchased it. As you can see it’s almost in perfect condition even…
On The Road – Falling Rock Cafe & Bookstore
Sunday, July 19 found us on the road again to promote the Michigan State University Press book HERE, Women Writing on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and the Wayne State University Press book, THE WAY NORTH, Collected Upper Peninsula New Works, both books edited by Dr. Ronald Riekki. This time Neil and I drove to Munising, Michigan,…
Corsets & Lace: Paper dolls?
I began this series of “Corsets & Lace” posts to talk about research, specifically for the novel I’m currently writing set in the Gilded Age of the late 1800s. Well, I just found a new and very fun resource. Take a look: Yep, paperdolls! I won’t be cutting these out of their books or tabbing…