Wild Word Friday! I remember hearing as a child that the forbidden fruit eaten by Adam and Eve was an APPLE. Actually, I think my source for this misinformation was a coloring page for Sunday School of Adam and Eve strategically placed among leaves and bushes with APPLEs in their hands. I even remember contemplating that perhaps…
Yesterday we had the joy of visiting with friends from New Jersey. Actually, Karen has been a friend for a long time, but this was our first opportunity to meet her husband Fred and to catch up on all the news about their incredible and newly blended family. It was a great visit. Fred and my husband…
Wild Word Friday! I’ve always considered potato chips and popcorn to be the quintessential snack food of the ages. A bit of research turns up the fact that although popcorn has been around for a while, thanks to the Native peoples of North and South America, PRETZELs are a much older snack food than potato…
Last year, I received an email from folksinger Ann Rowland http://www.annandwillrowland.com/ who asked if I’d be interested in joining her and David Roth http://www.davidrothmusic.com/ also a folksinger, as a presenter at the North of 45 Writers’ Retreat in May 2011. I said YES! I am so glad I said YES. My husband is so glad I…
Wild Word Friday! A few years also, a friend of mine attended her granddaughter’s kindergarten graduation. During the ceremony, each child had a mini interview. The question asked was “What do you want to be when you grow up.” My friend’s granddaughter answered, “A princess,” which made the audience laugh and the girl’s mother groan….
Congratulations to our friends Greenstone and Thimbleberry who have passed the 500 mile mark on their Appalachian Trail walk! Congratulations to you both, and to Leanne and Steve who joined them this past week for a portion of that walk. That’s really friendship! (Neil and I love you guys, but don’t plan on seeing us until…
Wild Word Friday! In the spring, if you drive out into the country, you may see them in the ditches and the fields. I’m talking about those large bunches of showy yellow flowers that we call marsh marigolds or COWSLIPS. I’m told that in the British Isles COWSLIPS are a similar flower to those we see…
My husband and I recently helped my 90-year-old father-in-law with an article about Dad’s service during World War II. Dad has never been a great communicator, so this project was a challenge for all of us. More than once Neil and I decided that we were hearing the same story in two different versions, but throughout his narrative, Dad…
Many of us recently enjoyed a television “invitation” to a royal wedding, so I thought it might be appropriate for this month’s books to be set in Great Britian. The winner of our May 31 drawing will have the choice of: THE FINAL CRUMPET by Ron and Janet Benrey. From the back cover, “When Nigel OWen and Flick…
This month we gave away 2 copies of OUR WITCHDOCTORS ARE TOO WEAK. The winners were Brenna and Jackie Duran. Congratulations to both of you! The winner of her choice of either John Grisham’s THEODORE BOONE KID LAWYER or Colleen Coble’s THE LIGHTKEEPER’S BRIDE is Lynn Polilla. Congratulations,Lynn, please let me know which book you prefer….
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