Congratulations to Ginny Lockhart who won our September 2013 #2 Book, EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE!!
Happy Reading, Ginny!
This year, one of my Christmas gifts from my son and daughter-in-law was the book SKELETONS ON THE ZAHARA by Dean King. I’ve almost finished it. What a great read!! ZAHARA is the true story of twelve American sailors who were shipwreacked off the coast of Africa in 1815 and taken as slaves by desert nomads. Wow! …
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…
Sibano’s Singing Silvia (Both of these photographs are of the same cat. The first was taken when Silvia was a kitten, the second now that she is an adult.) Sibano’s Singing Silvia earned her name because she has a very big and loud meow and isn’t at all shy about using it! Silvia’s owner, Courtney,…
This past year, my reading group selected THE INVENTION OF WINGS by Sue Monk Kidd for one of our discussions. We all loved it. From the back cover: “A triumphant story about the quest for freedom and empowerment, Sue Monk Kidd’s third novel presents the extraordinary journey of two unforgettable women: Hetty “Handful” Grimke, a…
When I was in sixth grade, our teacher Mrs. Hannah Graham decided that each member of our class of 40+ students should write a term paper. She taught us how to use note cards and how to write a bibliography and footnotes. The assignment, which at the time seemed overwhelming, included a forty-four-mile round trip…
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