Our first Free Book this month is a great suspense/mystery written by M.K. Gilroy. CUTS LIKE A KNIFE is a well-written edge-of-your-seat kind of read. From the back cover copy: “Kristen Conner goes undercover to catch a serial killer who chooses his victims in the most unlikely of places . . . only to discover…
I have heard experts and non-experts postulate that after acquiring language, humankind’s next huge step toward civilization was learning how to make and use fire. The Aleut word for fire is QUDAX. It’s spoken with short almost schwa-like vowels and a very rough, back-of-the-throat Q and X. I can’t begin to say it in the…
One of the favorite dogs in my life was a basset hound mix owned by my parents. Photo / public domain/wikipedia They got her at a pound and named her Ima Doggie. Ima was the sweetest dog – patient, loving, and goofy. Ima liked to pick up things and carry them in her mouth. One…
Congratulations to Bonnie Waters the winner of Jody Hedlund’s wonderful novel UNENDING DEVOTION! I’ll get that book to you ASAP, Bonnie! Blessings! Sue
Wild Word Friday! I continue to feature Aleut and Athabascan words on Wild Word Friday to celebrate the May 28 release of my 6 Alaska novels in Ebook format by Open Road Integrated Media. (Find them at www.OpenRoadMedia.com) Male and Female Common Eider Ducks Today’s word KUKUTUX is from the Eastern dialect of the…
Several of my friends, and also my parents, own dachshunds. I don’t know about you, but when I see a dachshund, I just smile. With a tummy so low to the ground you’d think that they would have a lot to complain about, but they are seldom grumpy. Dachshunds – both standards and minis –…
Our second free book this month is by Michigan novelist Jody Hedlund. A bestselling author, Jody has released several novels. Our free book is her third, UNENDING DEVOTION. An inspirational romance, UNENDING DEVOTION is set in 1883 in Michigan when the lumber barons ruled. From the back cover copy: “Lily Young longs to find her…
Wild Word Friday! ALEUT (pronounced al-yoot) is a word of undetermined origin that was used by Russian explorers to designate the people who lived on the islands and the peninsula that stretch from southwestern Alaska to divide the North Pacific from the Bering Sea. Some linguists believe that the word ALEUT was derived from the…
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