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July 2018 Free Book!
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I have a weakness for great big historical sagas, so this month when everybody else is looking for beach reads, I decided to give away one of my favorite sagas — Edward Rutherfurd’s amazing chronicle of New York City, entitled (what else?) NEW YORK, a Novel. From the back cover: “Edward Rutherfurd celebrates America’s greatest…
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…
Books I Love/LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS
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My Grandma Kate gave me Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder as a Christmas gift when I was ten years old. I know I’ve read that same copy at least five times, probably more. I love the way Mrs. Wilder uses words to paint pictures of her childhood, and I particularly…
APRON
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Wild Word Friday! When I was a little girl, I was a very sloppy eater. I remember my parents having a serious discussion about how to deal with my inability to keep the food on my fork and off my clothes. Admonition, scolding, and shaming just didn’t seem to work, and I truly wanted to…
Your Pet! Casey!
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Casey, the “Dat” Casey’s owner, Christina says, “This is our silver tabby, Casey. We call him our dat because he seems like a combination of a dog and a cat. He walks on a leash, as you can see by the photograph, and he actually goes to the front door and begs to be let…