Before I married, my mother gave me six dish towels. “Here,” she said. “I received a dozen of these when I was married, and I want you to have some.” She and my father married in June 1955. The towels had had some use, but I think my mother mostly kept them aside, not wanting […]
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A friend sent this to me. Hadn’t ever thought about this before. POSTED ON OCTOBER 10, 2019BY TODDE Ever wonder why we say tick-tock, bit tock-tick, or ding-dong, not dong-ding: King Kong, not Kong King? Turns out it is one of the unwritten rules of English that native speakers know without knowing. The rule, explained in a BBC
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Kathy DeShon, a veteran teacher of 32 years, shares three tips for parents and teachers to promote your children’s interest in the written word. Kids must learn to read and understand written language to succeed in life. It’s as simple as that. Enjoy the video now, or when you have thirteen minutes. Kathy will discuss
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When I was in second grade or so, my class sang the old song, “My Grandfather’s Clock,” by Henry Clay Work. The lyrics to the first verse and chorus are My grandfather’s clock was too large for the shelf,So it stood ninety years on the floor;It was taller by half than the old man himself,Though
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As a writer, I have a bucket list of places I’d like to publish before I croak. Writing isn’t the hard part. Being published is–at least for me. A lot of what I write is drawn from what I had to live through first. A couple of years ago, I wrote about how I survived
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Stories. Some writers can draw a reader in with just a short novella. Others require a saga. I’m pretty much in the full novel category. I like multiple plot lines woven through my books, and depth in my characters, so it takes me about 90,000 words to craft a novel. But some people can draw
One winter morning a few years ago, I grumbled about the Midwestern cold and ice. Snow from a few days earlier had melted just enough to leave a glaze on walks and driveways. I fell on the ice and injured my wrist. So that morning, I bemoaned my bruised and sore arm and wrote in
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Cat Chores Like my daughter and I, our black Bombay cat named Safa has his chores around the house. (We first named him Satyavan from the Hindu story about a couple similar to the Greek Orpheus and Eurydice, only in the Hindu version the wife Savitri rescues her hubby from the Underworld. According to a
Re-reading is Like Revisiting Old FriendsHere’s an interesting topic (at least for a bookworm) that goes around on social media every so often – the question of re-reading books you love. Do you or don’t you? It’s a fun conversation to have with fellow readers or book club members. Some people seem to have pretty
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What Does Christmas Mean to YOU? As a Christian, I’ve always thought of Christmas as the birthday of Jesus, the beloved Son of God. Easter has always meant that Jesus laid down his life for all of our sins so that believers can be reconciled with God. So, while Christmas has always been a joyful
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