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EAVESDROP
Wild Word Friday! Once upon a time, the English had a law that required a homebuilder to get a permit before he could build eaves that allowed water to drip on land owned by someone else. Not only were eaves sometimes a controversial matter in ancient England, in the 1600s they gave us the verb EAVESDROP,…
Your Pet/PATCHES & CAPTURE
Today we welcome CAPTURE (on the left, gray and white) and PATCHES (black and white) to Your Pet! As you can see, proud owner, Brock, has helped these two barn kittens adjust to life in the house. Brock’s mom tells us that the kittens are siblings, and, at first she thought they were sisters, but…
Free Book July 2017!
We are delighted to highlight Olivia Newport’s newest Amish book GLADDEN THE HEART as our July 2017 free book!! From the back cover: “1847: The members of the Amish church in the Kishacoquillas Valley of central Pennsylvania don’t know quite what to make of the Methodist tent revival going on down the road. From the…
UMAMI
Wild Word Friday! Did you know that in addition to the commonly known tastes of sweet, sour, bitter and salty, human taste buds can distinguish one more taste? That taste was identified in 1908 by a professor at the Tokyo Imperial University, and he named it UMAMI. UMAMI, a Japanese word, means pleasant savory taste….
Your Pet! Copper!
COPPER! That beautiful beagle puppy looking up at you with those big brown eyes is COPPER. Copper belongs to Liz and Everett, and in today’s photographs, he is a brand new puppy but now he’s already six months old and getting really big, according to his “Mom and Dad”. Liz says, “Everett and I got…