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Wild Word Friday! Linguists agree that the name ALASKA comes to us from a Native word. There’s some disagreement about which word and even which language. Generally, the consensus is that ALASKA means The Great Land, derived from the Aleut word alyeska, which also means “that which the sea breaks against.” I’m not here to…
A descendent of a cross between the Water Spaniel and Standard Poodle, the Bichon Frise is a merry little dog that originated in the Mediterranean area. Because of their pleasing personalities, they were kept as lap dogs by Spanish sailors, even when they were at sea, and, when litters arrived, the sweet little puppies were…
Congratulations to Debbie Abel Winner of our May 2013 2nd FREE BOOK – PEOPLE OF THE BOOK!! Debbie email me at sue@sueharrison.com or message me with your address and I will send you your book ASAP! Blessings! Sue (Photo by Hans Braxmeier, Public Domain through Creative Commons)
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…
Our second FREE BOOK this month is by one of my favorite authors, Geraldine Brooks. She has won a Pulitzer Prize for her work, and the only fair way to describe her prose is by calling it poetry. She writes for the general market, and the book we are giving away is her novel, PEOPLE…
The third book of The Storyteller Trilogy, cover art by Open Road Integrated Media! Hope you love it as much as I do!
Open Road Integrated Media’s cover for the second book of The Storyteller Trilogy! What do you think?
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