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Notes from the North
Dusk is falling, and soon my husband will drive home on his snowmobile from an evening of ice fishing. I look out at the bay in front of our house and watch the sparkle of lights from ice shanties. The sun has set, but night has not yet claimed the sky. The tops of spruce trees are lace set…
HOST
Wild Word Friday! It’s unusual to find a word that in its noun form has two very opposite meanings, but HOST is one of those contrary words. In its most ancient form – ghosti, an Indo-European word – it meant stranger or guest. Right away you can see the dichotomy. A guest is someone we…
October 2019 FREE BOOK!
Our October 2019 Free Book is one of Lori Benton’s lovely historical novels, THE KING’S MERCY. From the back cover: “When captured rebel Scotsman Alex MacKinnon is granted the King’s mercy — transport across the Atlantic Ocean and exile to the colony of North Carolina — he’s indentured as a blacksmith to Edmund Carey…. Unwittingly,…
The Winner of our February 2018 Free Book!!
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