Don’t lose the memory of loved ones’ voices!
Recovering a Lost Family Member’s Voice
Don’t lose the memory of loved ones’ voices!
History, Real Life, and Faith
in Laughter· Life's challenges
Don’t lose the memory of loved ones’ voices!
in Books· Historical Research· Laughter· Oswald Chambers· Writing Life
December 2015 marked *six years of blogging. Here are six things I learned in those years. 1. I like to blog As a once-upon-a-time newspaper reporter, I had anticipated I’d like blogging and that has turned out to be true. I like putting together the ideas, finding the photos, dreaming up a pseudo-clever title and interacting with folks who read my…
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in God's love· Laughter
Merry Christmas to all. My family is spending this week in a myriad of activities. As members of a Lutheran Church choir, we’ll be singing the wonderful music of Christmas–in four-part harmony. We sang a variety of songs on Sunday night at the annual Christmas concert. I’ve been playing my clarinet all season long for our Wednesday night Advent services…
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in Books· Faith· Historical Research· Life's challenges
Happily Ever After: Defending Truth In A Pioneer Christmas Collection, Shannon McNear portrays a surprising romance between a militiaman loyal to the Crown hiding after a battle in which his side lost, and a young woman patriot in charge of her siblings when her father goes to fight in Defending Truth. “People were all just struggling to live their lives,…
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in Books· Historical Research· Life's challenges
Happily Ever After: A Badlands Christmas As part of A Pioneer Christmas Collection, Marcia Gruver takes us to sophisticated 1885 New York City in A Badlands Christmas, though we don’t stay there long. Inspired by the adventures of Theodore Roosevelt in the town of Medora, A Badlands Christmas shows the contrasts between festive scenes in the city and a Christmas spent in a…
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in Books· Historical Research· Life's challenges
Did the folks in The Gold Rush Christmas live happily ever after? In the Pioneer Christmas Collection story, twins Samantha and Peter Harris journey to Skagway, Alaska at the height of The Yukon Gold Rush in search of their missing missionary father. Joined on the trip by the boy next door, Miles Parker who is determined to win Samantha’s heart,…
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