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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I recently learned that January is National Oatmeal Month. We eat a lot of hot cereal in our family. What about you? What’s your family’s philosophy on oatmeal? Theresa HuppTheresa is the award-winning author of historical fiction about settling the American West. Before she turned to writing, Theresa was an attorney, mediator, and human resources executive.
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I’ve only agreed to iron a shirt for my husband twice in my life. Once was the day before we got married, for our rehearsal dinner. That one I did, as pictured above. The other was the day I went into labor with our second child. That shirt I didn’t iron. I told him I
I love this cute little handbag I got from my mother-in-law. But I hardly ever use it. I just can’t fit enough stuff in it. I’m the person who always has a pen, paper to write on, tissues, hand wipes, cough drop, mint, Tylenol, stamps, extra straw, tape measure and more! What about you? Can
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“If you don’t quit, you will succeed.” —Don Vaughan from “The Seven Pillars of Freelance Success” So don’t quit. When was the last time you felt like quitting? What did you do? Theresa HuppTheresa is the award-winning author of historical fiction about settling the American West. Before she turned to writing, Theresa was an attorney, mediator, and
I’m enjoying the last of my Christmas Christopher Elbow chocolates today. Almost too pretty to eat, but, yeah, I’m eating them! Which do you prefer: white, milk or dark chocolate? Darlene Delucadarlenedeluca.com/
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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
Woo-hoo! Picked up a couple of stocking stuffers for myself yesterday. I always help the hubs out a little and pick up a few things here and there. It’s a tried-and-true method of getting things I like/want/need and making holiday shopping less stressful for him! Do you buy your own gifts? Darlene Delucadarlenedeluca.com/
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Every year I love making something for each family member. Some years I knit something. This year I made ornaments. The blue one is made from card stock I found in a drawer upstairs. The gnome required a few purchased products–a wooden egg; tiny red pom-poms for noses; felt, bells and ribbon for the hats;
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Even though our black Bombay cat Safa is elderly, he still plays hide and seek under the covers of my bed, for instance, under a chair or in the big box that the cat condo came in. (He mostly ignores the latter.) Juliet KincaidA teacher of writing at the college level for 35 years, Juliet
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