Congratulations to Mary Storey who won a copy of Lisa Wingate’s incredible novel, BEFORE WE WERE YOURS. Mary told us in her post that as a child she was happy and helpful. That must have been a great childhood, Mary!
Happy Reading!
Sue
I’ve never been a good shopper, probably because I’ve lived most of my life in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. When I was a kid, shopping choices included our local mom-and-pop stores (which were wonderful), catalogs, and homemade. Now that I’m an adult our shopping choices include our local mom-and-pop stores (which are still wonderful), Wal-Mart, online…
I think for most of us September means one thing. School. I remember the excitement of shopping for school clothes and new notebooks, pencils and rulers. I also remember the butterflies of that first day, back with old friends and a new teacher. My favorite part of the new school year was receiving our reading books. I usually…
In August our son and his wife gave us concert tickets for our birthdays/anniversary gift, and this special treat allowed us to take a 3-day weekend full of fun activities that included: * Watching our oldest granddaughter play in 2 soccer matches, a visit with our son and daughter-in-law and granddaughters, with a lunch together…
Wild Word Friday! When you study languages and find an unusual looking or sounding word that is similar or the same in many languages, you’ve probably stumbled upon the verbal evidence of some widespread historic happening. HORDE is a just such a word. English: HORDE; German: HORDA; French: HORDA; Polish: HORDA. All come from the…
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