SIMULACRUM
Wild Word Friday! SIMULACRUM means a counterfeit image, a travesty or sham. The simula portion of SIMULACRUM has ancient roots in the Latin word simul, which means together with or likewise. Crum comes to us from the Anglo-Saxon, crump or crumb. Both versions of the word mean bent or crooked. (Did you know that in…
YOUR PET! Brock
Bright Lights, Beautiful Dog – Brock Brock is a pit bull, but his owner Jeff says that he will make any close-minded person immediately change any pre-conceptions they might have about pit bulls. Brock is sweet, loving, happy and loves to run around and play. He’s great with kids, too. Join me in welcoming Brock…
PITCH
Wild Word Friday! PITCH is one of those words that takes up a third of a column in the dictionary because it has so many meanings. It also has two separate entries in the dictionary because there are two separate and unrelated origins for the word, each with its own group of meanings. Today I’m…
YOUR PET!/Frank
FRANK, LOVIN’ YOU Today we welcome Frank to the YOUR PET! Family. You might guess that Frank loves to pose for pictures. Frank was a rescue dog, and he is now very, very loved by his human Mom, Amy. Frank loves to go for long runs and is an energetic, happy and fun dog. One…
April ’12 – FREE BOOK!
My husband and I just returned from a very fun vacation. On our way back home, we stopped off at a Barnes & Noble bookstore where I had a ball picking out new books for our monthly FREE BOOK! giveaways. Our April 2012 FREE BOOK! is a 500-page, compact hardcover edition of THE BEST-EVER BOOK…
Good Friday
Galatians, Chapter 2, Verse 20b: I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in Me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. King James Version (Photograph from Wikipedia.)
YOUR PET! Terry & Pattie
Pattie (L) and Terry (R), Sun Break! Owner Katelyn tells us that Terry & Pattie are half-sibling rat terriers with the same father and different mothers. Terry, the brother, is only a couple weeks older than Pattie, so they’ve known each other for their whole lives and are the best of friends. Even though they…
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