Denise McDaniel, owner of Memory Lane Boutique, started sewing in high school. After marrying at 18, she learned to do alterations, as well, and made most of hers and her children’s clothes. She worked as a seamstress in the garment manufacturing industry, too. Making Memory Bears and other items allows Denise to use her passion for sewing to create keepsakes…
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Book Review: Where’s Merrill? by Gearoid O’Neary
Where’s Merrill? is described as a genealogical thriller. That is an accurate description! Once I started reading, I didn’t want to put it down until I knew the truth about Merrill. There are actually two stories going on in this book – the story of Merrill and his family, and the story of the researchers learning about this family’s history….
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Not Just Flag Day for Me
In September 1946, a former government girl named Gladys was working in the Office of Personnel in Washington, DC. One day she spied a movie-star-handsome man waiting to be processed for a new job. Gladys caught his eye. When he smiled at her, his brilliant blue eyes sparkled. She smiled back easily with a smile so memorable it was spoken…
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My dad didn’t talk much about the war. And when he did it was the good times he mostly talked about like when he transported troops from Florida to San Francisco on troop trains. Women and booze were always on the trains to keep the men’s morale up. It was party all the way across the country. Dad eventually went…
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Florrie and the Cure for the Itch
What do you remember from when you were 3 or 4 years old? Something unusual I’d guess. When I was 3, I locked myself in the bathroom at the neighborhood Peoples Drug Store. I can still hear my blood-curdling screams and see my feet and hands kicking and beating the door. A woman opened the door, and I darted…
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Hiding the Past: A Review
I’ve had Hiding the Past by Nathan Dylan Goodwin in my Kindle cloud reader since December, along with about 300 other books, plus another 200 in my Nook reader. (Hello, my name is Nancy and I am an ebook-aholic.) Last weekend I wanted a light read and Hiding the Past seemed like a good choice. I mean, what’s not to like…a forensic…
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