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….
Wild Word Friday! I participate in a bluegrass/country musicgroup. Each Saturday afternoon we meet for a jam session. I play the mandolin and dulcimer and the baglama, which is a Greek stringed instrument. Lest you be too impressed, please understand that I don’t play any of these instruments well. Not at all. My husband plays the…
A few weeks ago my friend Trish asked where I find the words and information for Wild Word Fridays. I’m no expert on words, but I’ve found an abundant number of resources concerning words. In no particular order, I usually find my Wild Words from one or more of these sources: 1. Dictionaries. My office is full…
Wild Word Friday! CHURCH, a wild word? Well sometimes. When I was six years old, my mother told me that I had been mispronouncing the word CHURCH. It was not turch, it was CHURCH and I was old enough to say it correctly. “CHURCH?” I said. “It can’t be CHURCH. Everybody says turch.” “No, Sue…
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