National Grammar Day is observed across the United States each year on March 4th. According to Global Language Monitor, the estimated number of words in the English language is 1,025,109. There is some controversy to that number, but it’s safe to say it is over a million. Language is something to celebrate. Some people might suggest …
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Jul 18
High School Memories
This is from one of those silly Facebook posts where they want you to copy and paste to share with your friends. I decided to take it a bit further and expand just a *bit*. Tell us about your SENIOR year of high school! The longer ago it was, the more fun the …
Jun 15
Happy Palindrome Week!
You should feel very balanced this week. Why? Because it’s palindrome week! A palindrome exists when letters, numbers, or phrases are the same forward and backward. For example, the words “racecar” and “kayak” are palindromes along with the phrase “Was it a car or a cat I saw?” The dates this week are all …
May 23
See A Penny, Pick It Up…
See a penny, pick it up… All day long you’ll have good luck. When you are out and about today, look on the ground for pennies. It just might be your lucky day! My mom is forever picking up pennies – or anything that’s cash-looking. She’s made a record over the years of …
Apr 07
Our Little Free Library on the Front Page of our Local Newspaper!
Hooray! I’m not sure if we’re getting any more readers from this but we’re definitely getting more book donations. Right now, we’re getting an average of 5 new books donated each day – faster than I can keep up with stamping and adding BookCrossing bookplates. I have started reading up …
Apr 06
Tartan Day: 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Scotland – ABC News
I have my Black Watch tartan ready to go to wear at the parade in New York this weekend… Don’t be surprised if you see people decked out in tartan this weekend. Today, April 6, the United States is celebrating National Tartan Day. The day is intended to recognize the contributions of Scottish …
Apr 06
NATIONAL TARTAN DAY – April 6th
NATIONAL TARTAN DAY April 6 is National Tartan Day. This is an official national holiday. National Tartan Day honors all the Scottish heritage that flows through this nation. From its earliest beginnings, Americans with Scottish ancestry endeavored for that freedom as much as any American. It was in their blood. It was 400 years …
Mar 17
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!
Every year on March 17, the Irish and the Irish-at-heart across the globe observe St. Patrick’s Day. What began as a religious feast day for the patron saint of Ireland has become an international festival celebrating Irish culture with parades, dancing, special foods and a whole lot of green.
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- 🏥 2024 Inova Saville Cancer Screening and Health Fair, TomorrowThe Schar Cancer Center and Saville Center for Cancer Screening and Prevention will be on hand to provide informative sessions from our team of experts, free cancer screenings, and recommendations for healthier living.
- 🚈 Model Train Exhibition, TomorrowEnjoy the magic of a running model train display and layout.
- 🎸 Loudoun Youth Guitars, TomorrowLoudoun Youth Guitars is one of the most accomplished and renowned youth ensembles in the Metropolitan Area. The ensemble is led by its founder – Dr. Miroslav Lončar and Dr. Nataša Klasinc-Lončar, Is the assistant director.
- 🪭 Intergenerational Japanese Folding Fans, TomorrowIn May’s intergenerational craft program, we’ll introduce you to the history and art of the Japanese folding fan. You will then make and decorate your own paper folding fan.
- 📚Little Free Library Week, Today through May 18, 2024This May, we’re excited to mark a special milestone: the anniversary of Little Free Library becoming a nonprofit organization on May 17, 2012. We’ve dedicated our efforts to making books accessible for everyone, and to celebrate, we’re hosting a week-long celebration from May 12-18, 2024.
- 📚 Little Free Library Bingo, Today through May 20New for Little Free Library Week 2024, celebrate by playing Little Free Library BINGO! Get out and explore the book-sharing boxes in your neighborhood while connecting with your community. Want to win?
- 🌱 Community Plant Swap, TomorrowBring your cuttings, seeds, seedlings, transplants, and plant and garden supplies for a community plant swap. Please ensure that your plants and cuttings are pest-free.
- 🌱 Plant Swap, May 19Are you on the hunt for different varieties of plants to add to your collection? Bring your cuttings, seeds, seedlings and transplants for this in-person plant swap.
- 📆 O'Connor Music Studio CalendarUpdated daily with music and Northern Virginia events.
- 🍿 Movies in the Park, TomorrowAre you looking for a fun outing to do as a family? Join us for a movie under the stars. Bring your blanket or chair and a picnic dinner for this fun outdoor family or date night event.
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- Dying To Date: Love, betrayal, murder—a great first dateBy a good friend of mine! When dying to date Mr. Right leads to finding Mr. Wrong—it’s deadly. Relationship expert Kristina Truly has a proven track record of dating the wrong men. However, her highly publicized romantic failures don’t stop her fans from attending her Finding Mr. Right, Not Mr. Perfect seminars and reading her […]
- The Poisoned PeerThe 99-year-old Earl of Middlemop has had his future cruelly snatched from him. Who could have poisoned the richest man in Wessex? The answer lies within the walls of Gripedown Hall where family secrets and bitter rivalries prevail. Senior sleuths Churchill and Pemberley investigate on the behest of their friend Tryphena Ridley-Balls. However, another friend […]
- Murder in the ManorMURDER IN THE MANOR (A LACEY DOYLE COZY MYSTERY—BOOK 1) is the debut novel in a charming new cozy mystery series by Fiona Grace. Lacey Doyle, 39 years old and freshly divorced, needs a drastic change. She needs to quit her job, leave her horrendous boss and New York City, and walk away from the […]
- Murder on a Midnight ClearA snowbound country mansion, a missing butler, and a Christmas case . . . Olive and Jasper have never been closer—except in one area. Jasper is still reticent about his frequent disappearances from polite society. With the holidays approaching and no paying client on the books, Olive decides to shadow Jasper when he’s unexpectedly called […]
- Discerning GraceAs the first full-length novel in The White Sails Series, DISCERNING GRACE captures the spirit of an independent woman whose feminine lens blows the ordered patriarchal decks of a 19th century tall ship to smithereens. Wilful Grace Baxter, will not marry old Lord Silverton with his salivary incontinence and dead-mouse stink. Discovering she is a […]
- The Thursday Murder Club: A Novel (A Thursday Murder Club Mystery Book 1)A New York Times bestseller | Soon to be a major motion picture from Steven Spielberg at Amblin Entertainment “Witty, endearing and greatly entertaining.” —Wall Street Journal “Don’t trust anyone, including the four septuagenarian sleuths in Osman’s own laugh-out-loud whodunit.” —Parade Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves A female cop with her […]
- Body on Baker Street (A Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery Book 2)The amateur sleuths at the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop must call upon the powers of deduction in order to rid Baker Street of a ruthless killer Gemma Doyle and Jayne Wilson are busy managing the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium on Baker Street and adjoining Mrs. Hudson’s Tea Room in anticipation of the store’s upcoming book […]
- The Devil and the Dark Water (A Locked-Room Historical Mystery)A murder on the high seas. A remarkable detective duo. A demon who may or may not exist. It's 1634, and Samuel Pipps, the world's greatest detective, is being transported to Amsterdam to be executed for a crime he may, or may not, have committed. Traveling with him is his loyal bodyguard, Arent Hayes, who […]
- Too Many WomenAh, sweet mystery, when Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin plunge into a case of murder brimming with luscious, lethal ladies. Who murdered Waldo Wilmot Moore? Well, there were five hundred female employees at the Wall Street firm where poor Waldo had worked. Any one of them might have done it. And there was also the […]
- Christmas Cupcake MurderAs December turns Lake Eden, Minnesota, into the North Pole, the heat is on in Hannah Swensen’s kitchen to honor two Christmas promises: baking irresistible holiday cupcakes and preventing an attempted murderer from succeeding the second time around! While Hannah speeds through a lengthy holiday checklist, drama in town grows like Santa’s waistline on Christmas […]