RIGHT
Wild Word Friday! RIGHT is one of those words that takes up half a column in my dictionary, but, because this blog is short, I’ll limit my post to one meaning only – the RIGHT that refers to side of your body which “points” east when you’re facing north. I know. That sounds complicated….
Your Pet! Riley
Beautiful Riley – Full of Curiosity! Cheryl, Riley’s owner, says, “Riley was a stray that I noticed in my yard about 4 years ago. I’m sure that he was born out in the wild and had had no human contact, because you could not even get close to him. It took a lot of time…
PATRIOT
Wild Word Friday! When I was 4 1/2 years old, my family moved to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. That was way back in the 1950s, and we brought something very unusual with us. A television set. Prior to life in the U.P., we had lived in the Boston area of Massachusetts and in…
July 2012 Free Book!
If you read yesterday’s Your Pet! blog post, you met novelist Sandra D. Bricker’s beautiful rescue collie, Sophie Matilda, who inspired Sandie so much that Sophie has a starring role in Sandie’s novel, LOVE FINDS YOU IN HOLIDAY FLORIDA. How could we pass up this perfect opportunity to give away that same novel as our…
Your Pet! Sophie Matilda
Sophie Matilda, A Star! Sophie Matilda was a sad and lonely (pregnant) pup when she was abandoned on the sweltering streets of Tampa, Florida. But she was destined to be a star, proven by the fact that a chain of angels led her to the home of Author Sandra D. Bricker — who put the…
HORDE
Wild Word Friday! When you study languages and find an unusual looking or sounding word that is similar or the same in many languages, you’ve probably stumbled upon the verbal evidence of some widespread historic happening. HORDE is a just such a word. English: HORDE; German: HORDA; French: HORDA; Polish: HORDA. All come from the…
Your Pet! Mischa!
Mischa, a desktop cat! Mischa’s owner, Janie Chang, a novelist, tells us that, “Mischa (now age 7) and her brothers had been abandoned at a lakeside cottage. Fortunately a neighbor took in the kitties and put the word out. We went for a look and were instantly besotted. She’s confident, sociable, and cheerful, but well,…
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