| Happy Thanksgiving! |
| Puzzles, updates, book specials, and a WINNER. Check below to see if you won an Amazon gift card and how to collect. |
| THE WRITE STUFF FROM MAVERICK – one of his favorites… A GOOD THANKSGIVING Said Old Gentleman Gar, “On a Thanksgiving Day, If you want a good time, then give something away So he sent a fat turkey to Shoemaker Price, And the shoemaker said, “What a big bird! How nice!” And, since such a good dinner’s before me, I ought To give poor Widow Lee the small chicken I bought.” “This fine chicken, O see!” said the pleased Widow Lee, “And the kindness that sent it, how precious to me! I would like to make someone as happy as I— I’ll give Washerwoman Biddy my big pumpkin pie.” “And, O sure!” Biddy said, “’tis the queen of all pies! Just to look at its yellow face gladdens my eyes! Now it’s my turn, I think; and a sweet ginger-cake For the motherless Finigan children I’ll bake.” “A sweet-cake all our own! ‘Tis too good to be true!” Said the Finigan children, Rose, Denny and Hugh; “It smells sweet of spice, and we’ll carry a slice To poor little lame Jake—who has nothing that’s nice.” “O, I thank you, and thank you!” said little lame Jake: “O what a bootiful, bootiful, bootiful cake! And O, such a big slice! I will save all the crumbs, And will give ‘em to each little Sparrow that comes!” And the sparrow, they twittered, as if they would say, Like Old Gentleman Gay, “On a Thanksgiving Day, If you want a good time, then give something away!” Annie Douglas Green Robinson November 1 riddle answer: Thomas – 20 minutes in a New London shirt Nadir – 21 minutes in a Cardinal shirt Austin – 22 minutes in a Little Falls shirt Sam – 23 minutes in a Duluth shirt NEW RIDDLE: With L I’m a true friend, With R I’ve a crown, Alone I’m some old stuff, From down in the ground? What am I? |
| I never tire of book recommendations. What are YOU reading? My recommendations include: Mindy Mejia – To Catch a Storm Judy Kerr – Silent Service Joshua Moehling – Where the Dead Sleep Hannah Morrissey – When I’m Dead Carlene O’Connor – Murder in an Irish Bookshop |
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| Happy sleuthing! Mary |
| A Katie and Maverick Mystery traveling! More wonderful photos from RUTH! States reporting visits: Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin (and Washington D.C.) Countries: Australia, Canada (Vancouver), Greece, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Dominican Republic, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, LAOS, Thailand, and US. |
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