OID
Wild Word Friday! To be perfectly honest, OID is not a word. It’s actually a syllable, and it comes to us from the Greek suffix -oeides, which is used to indicate a form or a shape. In other words, OID indicates that something is like something else. That’s exactly how we use this suffix…
Your Pet! Mackinac Horses!
Each June, the folks on a beautiful little island in northern Lake Huron (Michigan) celebrate a lilac festival. The island is Mackinac Island, (pronounced Mac-i-naw) famous for its horses, its Victorian-era charm and of course its lilacs. For years, in my little hometown of Pickford the Mackinac horses come to our wide fields to spend…
May ’12 Book Winner!
The winner of Olivia Newport’s novel, THE PURSUIT OF LUCY BANNING is Kristin Taylor! Congratulations Kristin! I’ll post the June 2012 Free Book by the end of the week. I’m still trying to decide exactly which book of my “Free Book Stash” to choose. I’ll let you know! Blessings! Sue
POLL
Wild Word Friday! Those of us living in the USA are enduring a pre-election season of skirmishes, interviews and civilized (and some uncivilized) vitriol. So I suppose that when you see the word POLL you immediately think of all the commotion and aggravations that seem to be a part of an election year, but let’s…
Your Pet! A Pet Store Visit
SNAKES ANYONE? When most of us visit a pet store or shelter, we tend to gravitate toward the furry critters, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and for Cody Stevenson a pet store visit has to include the joy of all God’s creatures, even those of the non-fur variety. Here he is…
SARCASM
Wild Word Friday! In researching the word SARCASM, I discovered that it definitely deserves the title Wild Word. SARCASM isn’t usually a part of my repertoire, but a couple of years ago a person told me that they were going to do something which I knew would hurt the feelings of an elderly person dear…
Your Pet! SISSI
SISSI enjoying the Swiss Sun SISSI comes to our Your Pet! Family all the way from Switzerland. You might remember her “brothers” Quincy and Nils from our February 29, 2012, Your Pet! post. SISSI’s Mom, Monia, tells us that SISSI is the shy cat in the family, although lately has begun to make an appearance…
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