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Category: <span>History</span>

Words, Words and More Words

January 12, 2009 gaisheagirl

My mother used to present me with a new word every morning along with breakfast. She would send me to…

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Posted in: books, History, Life, publishing, reading Filed under: Beinekcke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Common Usage, Dictionary's, English, New Haven, Samual Johnson, Words

Barn Beach Haikus

December 5, 2008 gaisheagirl

One side of my family comes from Eastern Washington.  My Great Grandfather settled there in 1908 and started the local…

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Posted in: arabian horses, History, reading, travel, writing Filed under: 4th Grade, Barn Beach Reserve, Environmental Issues, Field Family, Haikus, Harriett Bullitt, Jeff Parsons, Leaning centers, Leavenworth, Museums, The Barn, Upper Valley Museum in Leavenworth, Washington State

Interred with Their Bones

November 7, 2008 gaisheagirl

Fellow writer and friend, Jenny Carrell, author of the fascinating non-fiction read, The Speckled Monster, detailing the creation of the smallpox…

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Posted in: History, publishing, writing Filed under: authors, books, fiction, Interred with Their Bones, Jennifer Lee Carrell, Non-Fiction, novels, Shakespeare, Smallpox, The Speckled Monster

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