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Wild Word Friday! When I was growing up, my parents bought my brother and I a board game each year for Christmas. One of my all-time favorites was Clue. You’ve probably played that game and remember hearing (or making) a triumphant announcement that went something like this – “Miss Scarlett with the lead pipe…
March ’12 Free Book!
Blue Moon Bay by Lisa Wingate Our March 2012 Free Book is a new trade paperback. From the Back Cover: “For Seattle architect Heather Hampton, a trip back to tiny Moses Lake, Texas, is hardly in the plan. Yet because a promotion hinges on the sale of the family farmland, Heather heads to the last…
YOUR PET!/Quincy & Nils
Quincy & Nils Meet Quincy and Nils, two beautiful cats who come to us all the way from Switzerland! They are two of the three cats owned by Monia and Björn. Monia says that Quincy (left) is the “cheeky Alpha cat” and Nils (right) is the sensitive big cuddler. Don’t you just love the cardboard…
About Cookies
I just received a catalog that is full of nothing but beautiful, colorful cookies. I might love to cook, but I’m not a good cookie maker. My cookies are never uniform, I can’t get them off the pan without breaking a few, and I almost always burn the last batch. But looking at this catalog…
Books I Love/The Wet Nurse’s Tale
The Wet Nurse’s Tale, a novel by Erica Eisdorfer, tells us a story through the eyes of Susan Rose, a wet nurse gifted in pluck, punnery and life’s wisdom. I loved the story and the insight into the past, when a woman’s worth might well be equated with the quality of her breast milk. Blessings!…
December 2011 Free Book!
We have a great book for you this month – SECRETS OF THE HEART by Jillian Kent. From the cover: “Madeline Whittington emerges from English society’s prescribed period of mourning in late winter 1817. A string of heartbreaking losses has convinced her that she no longer belongs in a world of gossip and gowns –…
Books I Love/Women’s Work, The First 20,000 Years
Women’s Work, The First 20,000 Years by Elizabeth Wayland Barber was said to be “Brilliantly original” by the Washington Post Book World. I can only agree. This work of non-fiction about fibers, spinning and fabrics opens a world of information in a fascinating way that links legends, archaeology and history. If you love fabric, are…
Books I Love/Two Old Women
Immerse yourself in this delightful recreation of an Alaska Athabaskan Native legend by Velma Wallis. Velma’s culture and wisdom breathe through her words in Two Old Women. Blessings! Sue
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