Classic Books and Poems – Myths, Legends, Poems, and Books: Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

Do you know the nursery rhyme Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush? I remember it from when I was a girl. The girls used to hold hands and dance in a … Classic Books and Poems – Myths, Legends, …

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Classic Books and Poems – Myths, Legends, Poems, and Books: Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

Do you know the nursery rhyme Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush? I remember it from when I was a girl. The girls used to hold hands and dance in a … Classic Books and Poems – Myths, Legends, …

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Karen Essex Renaissance Rivals #HistoricalFiction #RenaissanceFiction #WomenofHistory #RenaissanceWomen #IsabelladEste #LucreziaBorgia #RenaissanceItaly #BlogTour #TheCoffeePotBookClub @KarenEssex @ca...

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Hermannstadt 1241: The Mongol Invasion – Patricia Furstenberg

An Excellent Prequel – 5* I’ve read When Secrets Bloom, in which it was clear that there was some sort of historical link between characters Kate and Vlach, and the short story Hermannstadt 1241 ta…

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Heroic-a Series – Empowering Women of WWII – Genevieve Grotjan – She Broke the Purple Code and Shortened World War II

Welcome back to my Heroic-a series. Today I’m featuring another war heroine of WWII, Genevieve Grotjan, she was twenty-seven years old and about to crack one of the hugest sequence codes of W…

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Story Chat Digest: “The Man with the Coco Benz” by Nigel Byng

Sometimes the people we remember most aren’t heroes or villains—they’re the wonderfully complicated souls who wander unexpectedly through our lives. This week’s Story Chat follows…

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Steady

Some Spend all Day doing The same old thing Because they like it Being comfort driven Routine helps them keep balance Balance creates a safety net And they rely on that to function Blessed are thos…

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Blue and White #CFFC, & The Story of the Story-1: A Hot August Night

Wednesday, August 5, 2026 Welcome, all. The Scoobies (Daphne and Velma) are on hand again to help with Dan Antion’s color challenge.  This week, Dan said any of the Box of 8 colors with white…

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No Facilities

Random thoughts, life lessons, hopes and dreams

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Angel Messages Aug 5 2026

Your DAILY MESSAGE from Angels TAKE HALF THE DAY FOR YOURSELF! We love you Brilliant idea, Angels!!!

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Dorothy’s Gift by Christine Schneider

Dorothy’s Gift by Christine SchneiderSeries: a standalonePublisher: Keybobby Books (August 5, 2025) Review by Gwen M. Plano Dorothy’s Gift is a story of contrasts and choices. Readers m…

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Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – The Cookery Column Retro with Carol Taylor – The 5 Mother Sauces…

There is nothing like a great sauce to make a piece of meat or fish into a fabulously tasty meal…Sally from Smorgasbord Magazine is very kindly reposting this series from 2018 a refresher for…

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#WWWWednesday: What Am I Reading? #amreading

WWW Wednesday is a meme from Sam at Taking On A World Of Words The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? It&#821…

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#TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 75, Oops, I forgot! 8/5/26.

Image:  Kelly Sikkema Today is Wednesday, but Melissa who is out host for Tanka Tuesday this week, completely forgot to do her post! She explaineds why and even gives us the full dictiona…

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Smorgasbord Authors in the Sun -#Family #Motherhood – Choosing Bella by Jan Sikes

Today a lovely story of motherhood and sacrifice by Jan Sikes… tissue alert! CHOOSING BELLA Carmen Beckman leaned against the balcony railing and stared unseeing at the traffic whizzing past …

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VISITING & A BIRTHDAY

Greetings!! I am so excited today to travel across the globe to visit with a blogger/author who I greatly admire. Sally Cronin’s wonderful Smorgasbord is a place where you can find everything…

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Golden Moments #WDYS

Image credit; Ebahir@ Unsplash Golden Moments When books were my only friends,my only confidants,I sat at my desk for hours,collecting pearls of all the colors. Pink pearls were fascinatingInv…

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Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Letters from America 1985-1987 – First swims, Alabama-Coushatta Reservation and cranky ice-maker by Sally Cronin

I wrote letters home to my parents every week during our two years living in Texas… it was an adventure and we met incredible people who greeted us with open arms… and some became frien…

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Indie Author Culture Part 3: Art vs. Business

Once upon a time, writers wrote and sent their works to publishers, who evaluated their merits and selected a few as worthy of being published. Publishing meant editing, book and cover design, mark…

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Tuesday Anything Possible – Finger Point Prompt – Amazes

Today I randomly opened Eternal Road- the final stop to page 245. With eyes closed, I pointed to the page. The word “Amazes” is closest to my finger. This is our prompt. Amazes by John …

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Bridget & Gabe Are Not Okay (The Camelot Disasters #2) by Lex Croucher #historicalfiction #LGBTQ

Return to Camelot in the much anticipated and funny follow-up to the instant New York Times bestselling and YA Book Prize winning Gwen and Art Are Not in Love. They fell in love. They won a gr…

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Mark Strand: Keeping Things Whole

Wherever I am I am what is missing… “The future is always beginning now.” — Mark Strand.

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‘Possum for Supper

‘Possum for Supper is one of the stories in Chapter 5 of The Immigrant and the Outlaw: A Collection of Stories from America’s Heartland. It’s such a compelling episode of a family strug…

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Hello August…

From our backyard Dear Friends, I’m going to be offline until near the end of the month. At that time, I’ll share a few over-due book reviews. Until then, I hope the photo above brings …

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August Book Reviews! #BeemWeeks #MaeClair #bookreviews #whattoread #mustread #writingcommunity

Here are the books I read in July that were 4- or 5-star reads! The Gilded Thespian Show (Shallow Draw Series Book 2) by Mae Clair I read and loved “Diamond Jack” and was thrilled to see the series…

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July Book Reviews! #TerryTyler #SylviaKayRose #LindaBroday #EstherMoonstomp #bookreviews #mustread #writingcommunity

Here are the books I read and reviewed in June that are four or five-star reads! Jess’s Reckoning: (Book 3 Sweet Western Romance) The McIntyres By Linda Broday I have read the first two books…

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July Book Reviews! #TerryTyler #SylviaKayRose #LindaBroday #EstherMoonstomp #bookreviews #mustread #writingcommunity

Here are the books I read and reviewed in June that are four or five-star reads! Jess’s Reckoning: (Book 3 Sweet Western Romance) The McIntyres By Linda Broday I have read the first two books…

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Smorgasbord Summer Book Fair – #Paranormal #Mystery #Thriller D. L. Finn, #Crime #Thriller Dan Antion, #Psychological #Thriller P.J. Gudka

The first book today is the mystery thriller by D.L. Finn – Sounds in the Silence: When the past demands justice –  About the book A dual timeline where murder has consequences 40 years…

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