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August ’12 Free Book!
If you love romances set in the old west, you’ll love this month’s free book, written by my friend, Keli Gwyn. Keli’s debut novel From the back cover: “Widow Elenora Watkins heads to California with her nine-year-old daughter, eager to become a partner in a mercantile. When the mulish owner withdraws his offer because she’s…
Puppy Love/ Golden Retriever!
I haven’t yet met a Golden Retriever that I didn’t love. Yes, I know that they can be rambunctious and that one wag of the tail can sweep everything off the coffee table, but what joyous, smart, and happy dogs they are! (Sapphire Dream Photography licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0) Developed historically to be…
BELFRY
WILD WORD FRIDAY! When I hear the word BELFRY, I immediately think of churches and the beautiful sound of bells chiming across a sleepy town, so I was surprised to discover that, originally, a BELFRY was a wooden siege tower, used to help soldiers as they tried to scale and break through the thick stone-walled…
WARP
Wild Word Friday! Years ago, my sister gave me a wonderful gift. She taught me how to weave. Weaving has been a joy in my life ever since, especially in winters, when I have the time and space to bring out my loom and WARP it. WARPing is the process of stretching the lengthwise or WARP…
IGUUGUM TUGIDAA
Wild Word Friday! I thought it might be fun on the first Friday of each month to highlight the Aleut name – and translation – for that month. The Aleut word for June is IGUUGUM TUGIDAA. The second G in that phrase should have a circumflex accent (ˆ) over it, but I couldn’t get my computer…
Books I Love/Women’s Work, The First 20,000 Years
Women’s Work, The First 20,000 Years by Elizabeth Wayland Barber was said to be “Brilliantly original” by the Washington Post Book World. I can only agree. This work of non-fiction about fibers, spinning and fabrics opens a world of information in a fascinating way that links legends, archaeology and history. If you love fabric, are…