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February 2020 FREE BOOK!
This month, we will give away a wonderful book by Mary B. Knapp. Set in the 1940s and 1950s on a small Midwest farm, WINSOME WINTERS is a delightful visit to that time when families were pulling themselves out of the Great Depression. From the back cover: “What was it really like to grow up…
JUBILEE
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Your Pet/SIMON
This sweet little shih tzu belongs to Sue McDonald. His name is Simon, and Sue says that he’s a wonderful little dog, very good with children and that he loves to be rocked. He looks like the perfect rocking chair companion to me, Sue! Let’s welcome Simon to the Your Pet Family – another beautiful…
Book-Gifting
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FLUSTRATED!
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GGOL, GGAAK
Wild Word Friday! I thought we might have a short lesson in the Ahtna Athabascan language today. Athna is the language of the Ahtna ethnic group in the southwestern area of mainland Alaska. The original Native speakers lived in central Alaska. Today there are less than 100 Native speakers of the 4 dialects of the…
Thanks Sue! It looks like just my style! Can’t wait to read it!
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