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EAVESDROP

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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,…

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Your Pet! Rudy!

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Rudy’s philosophy: Toys Need Naps, Too! Our Your Pet! star today is Rudy. Rudy’s owner Zach has raised his beautiful Golden Retriever to be a mellow and friendly dog who obeys well and is a great companion. Rudy is a very well-dressed animal and likes to wear a cap! What a handsome fellow! Welcome, Rudy,…

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AUGUST 2024 FREE BOOKS!

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This month we are celebrating Michigan author Sharon M. Kennedy! Raised on a farm in the Brimley, Michigan, area, Sharon has penned three books that follow a group of children raised during the 1950s and early 1960s on Chippewa County farms. The final book of the trilogy revisits the children during their adult years. We…

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The Eastern European Research Trip – Language!

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Since about 2001, I’ve been studying a re-constructed language that is considered the mother tongue of most European languages. Linguists tell us that more than 400 languages have their roots in that ancient Indo-European tongue. You might enjoy seeing a map that puts that all into perspective: The dark green areas are countries in which…

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HUM

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Wild Word Friday! HUM is one of those glorious onomatopoeic words that is an imitation of the sound it describes. The earliest form of HUM that we know of – onomatopoeic words can have very obscure localized origins – comes from the Middle English hummen, which almost makes your mouth vibrate when you say it….

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