December 2011 Free Book Winner!
Congrats to Nancy O’Polka, our December 2011 Free Book Winner! I’ll be sending Nancy SECRETS OF THE HEART by Jillian Kent this next week. Blessings! Sue
RING
Wild Word Friday! As we are poised to RING out the old year and RING in the new, let’s take a look at the word RING. In Middle English ringen is the verb form, not too surprising. In Anglo Saxon, we add an h to give us hringan. I like saying the Anglo Saxon form. Adding that h forces…
About Candy
If your house is like mine during the holiday season, you’ve got candy. I can resist hard candies and even plain chocolate, but when it comes to chocolate cherries, I’m lost. I can’t leave them alone! Worse than that, it’s genetic. My mother and I and my daughter all have the propensity to over indulge when it…
Books I Love/Water for Elephants
In Water For Elephants, Sara Gruen pulls us into the fascinating, exotic and brutal world of the depression era circus. I fell in love with the main character, Jacob Jankowski, his honesty and strength and capacity for love. And by the way, I love the movie, too. Blessings! Sue
About Buying Gifts
At Christmas, my husband usually waits until the last minute to buy gifts. This year, however, he surprised me totally with a beautiful electric piano. Talk about dreams come true! I received my gift early because he didn’t want to pick out the piano by himself, and I was delighted to add my comments and…
Books I Love/LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS
My Grandma Kate gave me Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder as a Christmas gift when I was ten years old. I know I’ve read that same copy at least five times, probably more. I love the way Mrs. Wilder uses words to paint pictures of her childhood, and I particularly…
TUNIC
Wild Word Friday! Since most of us give and receive clothing as Christmas gifts, I thought you might enjoy a Wild Word post about the TUNIC. The classic Middle Eastern TUNIC was made from plant fiber, specifically linen, and it was adopted by Europeans about 6000 years ago, shortly after the people of Eastern Europe had learned to spin and weave…
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