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December 2011 Free Book!
We have a great book for you this month – SECRETS OF THE HEART by Jillian Kent. From the cover: “Madeline Whittington emerges from English society’s prescribed period of mourning in late winter 1817. A string of heartbreaking losses has convinced her that she no longer belongs in a world of gossip and gowns –…
Corsets & Lace: Fashion and Pain!
Do you know what these two items are? At the bottom is a piece of whale baleen. (Some whales have teeth, others have baleen in lieu of teeth. The plates of baleen act as a filtering system when a krill-eating whale whooshes in a mouthful of sea water and krill.) At the top of the…
A Glance Back – Reunion!
This past week was filled with many activities for our family, including some great time on the road with my husband as we continued to participate in the 2013 U.P. Author’s Tour. I will post about that in the future, but this post is dedicated to our Class Reunion (Pickford High School Class of 1968)….
Puppy Love/ Cocker Spaniel
The first dog my husband and I owned after we married was our golden-red Cocker Spaniel. We chose him from a litter of 11 puppies owned by friends of ours, and when he was four weeks old Mama Cocker wouldn’t feed her puppies anymore. The owners were so overwhelmed by hand-feeling 11 babies, that they…