4 December 2015:

Ducks at Goodale Park
4 December 2015:

Ducks at Goodale Park

Snow Drop Soap
I’m co-hosting this wonderful blogathon with Ruth of Silver Screenings! Let’s get the party started.
The glamorous Dorothy Lamour. Image: detudoum96.tumblr.com
We are so excited to announce the Dorothy Lamour Blogathon!
Wouldn’t you agree it’s time we celebrated this talented woman? Dorothy was much more than the sarong she became famous for – she was a singer, an actor, a mother and a dynamic fundraiser of American WWII war bonds.
Our fab friend Maedez at Font and Frock and A Small Press Life suggested we toast the remarkable Dorothy Lamour, and so we shall: March 11-13, 2016.
For the blogathon, you can write on any movie or subject associated with Ms Dorothy, including her film, theatre or television appearances. Duplicate topics are A-OK.
A list of Ms Dorothy’s movies can be found HERE.
You can sign up using the form below, which was designed by our smarty-pants friend Kristina at Speakeasy.
Please help yourself one the banners below to help us promote the event.
We hope to see you in March!
Here’s the roster so far. (You…
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“All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.”-Robert Louis Stevenson

Cover of the first edition of A Christmas Carol, 1843.
Louisa May Alcott was born on 29 November 1832:

Louisa May Alcott
This is my response to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Transition.

Thanksgiving Day Dessert
I’m sending my love to everyone working on Black Friday. I know that it is unpleasant, which is why I am not joining the ranks of bargain shoppers.
I’ll be at home reading and, mostly, sleeping.
Like these lovely ladies…
Happy (American) Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Greetings

Thanksgiving Day Menu, 1918

Thanksgiving Evening Concert, 1859