Owner Becky Danielson describes her dog, Daisy, as her “constant companion.” Daisy was supposed to be a great bird dog but after two weeks of training, the trainer told Becky’s husband, “Sorry, this ain’t a huntin’ dog.” Becky says that when Daisy is in the kitchen garden she chases rabbits, chipmunks, and squirrels out of…
Congratulations to Elizabeth Bailey who has won our Martha Stewart Cookie Cookbook!! Elizabeth says her favorite cookie is the snickerdoodle. Yum! Happy Baking, Elizabeth!!!
Wild Word Friday! When I hear the word PALE I usually think of the color of my skin. But there is an older nearly obsolete meaning for the word PALE , which comes to the English language from the Latin word palus, a stake. A PALE was a pointed, narrow, upright piece of wood. Generally,…
Celebrate the Last Week of Summer With OSKI! I hope this photograph of Oski brings a smile to your face. It sure made me smile! And this time of year we can use all the smiles we can get. It’s always hard to say good-bye to summer. Oski’s owner Hillari Delgado, who writes comic romantic…
WILD WORD FRIDAY! When I hear the word BELFRY, I immediately think of churches and the beautiful sound of bells chiming across a sleepy town, so I was surprised to discover that, originally, a BELFRY was a wooden siege tower, used to help soldiers as they tried to scale and break through the thick stone-walled…
Missy and Jake, Stand-up Comedian Doggies Kathy, the owner of Missy and Jake, tells us that her dogs came to their family from the local pound. The picture above was taken the year that they were adopted, and Kathy and her family loved the photo so much that they used it on their Christmas card….
I belong to readers group. We meet once a month, September through May, and we usually read books that fall into the general category of secular literary novels. But for this month, we decided on a book that is a little different from our usual fare. We’re reading Ann Voskamp’s memoir, ONE THOUSAND GIFTS. I’m…
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