Wild Word Friday! PUMPKIN! As in pie! This is a great little word – all right, middle sized word – that comes to us via the Latin word, pepo, and then through Middle French popon or pompon to English. It means “cooked by the sun”, which is appropriate since we don’t eat PUMPKINs during their…
I’m looking forward to meeting with my book group this afternoon. Our November book is JUST TAKE MY HEART by Mary Higgins Clark. Our December selection is A SIMPLE AMISH CHRISTMAS by Vannetta Chapman. Check out her website at http://www.vannettachapman.com/ Q4U: What are you currently reading? PS. Don’t forget to post at our November Free…
A Blog Carnival celebrates the ideas and thoughts of a group of people who Post on one theme. My Post today is part of a Blog Carnival organized and hosted by Bridget Chumbley http://www.bridgetchumbley.com/. The theme word for this week is gratitude. This is my contribution. ————- When I was only five years old, God blessed…
Wild Word Friday! Hmmm. CURMUDGEON. This word is a mystery. I’m not referring to it’s meaning, which is, of course, someone who is totally disagreeable, grumpy and not at all fun to be with. The mystery lies with its historical roots. Where in the heck did this word come from? Some folks believe it is…
To our Veterans and Military Personnel : Thank you more than words can ever say. God bless you, Neil and Sue Harrison
I was watching our local television news this morning when a cute young thing read a very interesting report. Evidently, according to the latest medical research, women who eat a serving of chocolate each week have a significantly lower risk of heart problems. Honest, that’s what the report said. About lunch time, I realized that I hadn’t had my…
Wild Word Friday! Okay, I admit it. I have never used the word STENTORIAN in my life. Not verbally, not in my writing, except for this post, of course. But it is a great word and worthy of Wild Word Friday. This word came to us via a piece of literature. In Homer’s Iliad, when…
A Blog Carnival celebrates the ideas and thoughts of a group of people who Post on one theme. My Post today is part of a Blog Carnival organized and hosted by Bridget Chumbley http://www.bridgetchumbley.com/. The theme word for this week is reconciliation. This is my contribution. ————- As you might expect, my husband and I have…
Congratulations to Lynn “Polilla” and Jackie Doran! You are our October Free Book winners. Lynn, please email me your choice – either WORLD WITHOUT END by Ken Follett (mass market paperback, new) or A TAILOR-MADE BRIDE by Karen Witemeyer (trade paperback, new). Jackie, you will receive the other book. Blessings! Sue
I thought our two November Free Books(!) should be Christmas-y since our winners will receive their books in December. Here they are… SNOW DAY by Billy Coffey. From the cover summary: “Awakened by radio broadcasts urging the residents of a small Virginia town to take a snow day rather than travel to school and work,…
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