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Books I’m Reading
Continuing with the 2010 100+ Reading Challenge, here are the books I read in March: 24. Genoa Bay by Bette Nordberg 25. A Distant Melody by Sarah Sundin 26. Screen Play by Chris Coppernoll 27. As Young As We Feel by Melody Carlson 28. The Familiar Stranger by Christina Berry 29. After the War by Carol Matas 30. Winston Churchill:…
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Lotsa Books!
Here’s the list of books I’ve read in January for the 2010 100+ Reading Challenge (not counting several that I have started but not yet finished… yeah, I usually have several books going at once): Raising a Modern-Day Princess by Pam Farrel and Doreen Hanna Thicker Than Blood by C.J. Darlington The Male Factor by Shaunti Feldhan The Choice by…
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2010 Reading Challenges
I have decided to join a couple of reading challenges for 2010. Not that I need an excuse or motivation to read more. I don’t have any problems in that department! But I thought it would be an interesting way to keep track of what I read. I plan to update this post once a month throughout the year. The…
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Vintage Boys and Girls Cookbook
It’s been awhile since I’ve participated in Vintage Thingies Thursday, but I’ve been meaning for several weeks to share this cookbook from my childhood with you.I can’t remember where Mother got them, but we had this cookbook and a Betty Crocker’s Parties for Children book. I “inherited” the cookbook and it is falling apart. I haven’t seen the party book…
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Little Dorrit
To be honest, I had never heard of Dickens’ Little Dorrit until I saw an ad for the PBS mini-series that is currently running. (And I claim to be well-read! I know! I’m plum’ ashamed of myself!) But, the ad caught my eye and I even talked Lyle into trying it with me. We watched the first installment the other…
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The Workbasket – April 1952
Here we are in 1952 with plenty of handy “Ideas for the Bazaar, the Home, Gifts, Sparetime Money Makers, with Many Articles, Easily Made and Inexpensive, that find a Ready Sale.” How’s that for a tag line? And with plenty of capital letters, too! The first…
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The Workbasket – January 1952
It’s been awhile since I’ve done a Workbasket post… and I still have quite a few I haven’t share with you yet. I know you’re just so excited about that, aren’t you? This one is from January 1952, and as you can see, the cover was torn off. For some reason, this issue seemed to have more than its share…
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The Workbasket – December 1951
It’s been awhile since I shared a Workbasket with you, and I thought you might be needing some hokey gift ideas for Christmas… circa 1951. I loved the edgings on those towels, but all I can think of is having to iron them to keep them looking nice. Iron bath towels? Uh… no, thanks!I’m sure these are very sweet baby…
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NaNoWriMo
All my life I’ve dreamed of writing a novel. Not because I have this burning story that just begs to be told. I don’t. But mainly because I have read so many mediocre novels that someone somewhere thought worthy of publishing, and I think, “I could write a better story than that.” That, plus my mother fully believes that someday…
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Junior Elf Books
I love vintage books! Big surprise, huh? And because I always need more books, I couldn’t pass up this handful of “Junior Elf” books when I came across them at a garage sale this summer. You’ll probably have to click on the picture to enlarge it to see that the cover price on most of them is 15 cents! (One…
