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MOther's Mild - Edward St Aubyn

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Mother's Ruin - Diana Mottley

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13 years ago
The Body Snatchers - Jack Finney
leel
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The Italian Boy : Murder and Grave-Robbery in 1830s London --Sarah Wise
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Childhood games...Jacks
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Salgal, my grandma and I used to play "double solitare". It must be what you're talking about. Only we played with two decks shuffled together. We had so much fun. I remember jacks too, but I'm pretty sure they left the house after the first time my dad stepped on one. He was always throwing our toys away. Sometime around the fifth or sixth grade, we had something called Chinese Jacks. I think that's what they were called. I LOVED them. They were super popular among my friends. They were small plastic rings of different colors. You could snap them together so you had about four rings around one. You could create your own color combinations too. You played with then just like regular Jacks only no ball, you just tossed one up then picked up the others. We played all the time, and we would trade colored rings with each other. It was great. I also remember pogo sticks stilts lemon twists roller skates hula hoops bubbles wiffle ball playing in the creek climbing trees climbing up on my roof and throwing cherries at the kid next door ( who was on his roof throwing small lemons). I was never in the house, and didn't have a lot of adult supervision.
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What, in your new kitchen, makes your 'heart sing'
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circuspeanut, I didn't think it was possible to improve one of my all-time favorite kitchens, but you managed! That hood looks fantastic. pllog, your kitchen always makes me smile. I love the beauty and creativity. gsciencechick--fantastic fridge! cooksnews and firsthouse, your kitchens are also beautiful. I could easily see loving working in them every single day. holligator, definitely, we need pictures of that wonderful pear! I expected to feel ho hum about our kitchen after 5+ years and I can't believe that my heart still sings when I'm in it or when I look at it as I head up the stairs at night. If I had to pick one thing that gets my heart singing it would be the hutch-style cabinet we used as a separator between kitchen and table. The upper portion is glass on 3 sides and I adore it every time I look at it. I'm not big on ambient lighting but I love the way natural light (or even the light from the ceiling fixtures) streams through it and the privacy the hutch allows the 2 rooms while keeping them connected (I love separated rooms rather than open plans so this helps satisfy that desire.) The things I STILL often actively tell myself that I'm so glad we have/did are the much improved layout with lots of storage, prep sink (a biggie for me), 48" wide range (I love the room it allows for a 2nd cook--but I still really appreciate the expanse when I'm cooking alone), the warmth of our wood cabinets, lots of windows, and local stone counters. I also still really appreciate the way our dish drawer dw functions...and I still smile when I tuck our little tv into the cabinet over the fridge. And our improved mudroom, closets and powder room are also still well appreciated. It's great when things work out the way you hope.
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Button ton not but nut bout Badminton (in the spirit of the olympic)
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Did you ever play clapping games?
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Here's the real lyrics to Flea. Flea Fly Red Hot Chili Peppers Flea, flea Flea fly, flea fly Flea fly flo, flea fly flo Bee stay Bee stay A kooma lata, kooma lata, bee stay A kooma lata, kooma lata, bee stay Oh, no, no, no, not to bee stay Oh, no, no, no, not to bee stay Eenee meenee, exameenee, exameenee Sala meenee, eenee meenee, examee-nee Exameenee, sala meenee, so Eenee meenee, exameenee, exameenee Sala meenee, eenee meenee, examee-nee Exameenee, sala meenee, so Weepa sapa, eepa sapa, eepa sapa little And a run scum tum, tie me, oh Weepa sapa, eepa sapa, eepa sapa little Little, little, spittle, blow Weepa sapa, eepa sapa, eepa sapa little And a run scum tum, tie me, oh Songwriters: MICHAEL PETER BALZARY,JACK IRONS,ANTHONY KIEDIS,HILLEL SLOVAK © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC,MoeBeToBlame
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veer
13 years ago
The Infamous Burke and Hare: Resurrectionists of Old Edinburgh - Michael Gordon
sheriz6
13 years ago
Rabbit, Run -- John Updike
junek-2009
13 years ago
Watership Down - Richard Adams
connie_in_western_nc
13 years ago
Up Periscope...Robb White
leel
13 years ago
Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman

Extra credit for responding to the last TWO titles!
veer
13 years ago
Ladder to the Stars - R Greenway

(Leel triple points as it is the third Tuesday in March)
dido1
Original Author
13 years ago
The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester
junek-2009
13 years ago
Rocket Ship Galileo - Robert A. Heinlein
leel
13 years ago
Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter

Thank you Veer. I've entered them in my book ;)
veer
13 years ago
Book of Noodles: Stories of Simpletons: Fools and Their Follies - W A Clouston
sheriz6
13 years ago
Won't Get Fooled Again: The Who from Lifehouse to Quadrophenia -- Richie Unterberger
connie_in_western_nc
13 years ago
Leel, I'm glad you got triple points as that means I got double for Watership/ Periscope and Down/Up.. LOL!

Double Jeopardy...Peter Storey
carolyn_ky
13 years ago
Single & Single, John Le Carre
leel
13 years ago
Double Trouble In Walla Walla by Andrew Clements

Happy to be of help, Connie ;>)
veer
13 years ago
It Takes Two to Tango - Gary Smalley
Kath
13 years ago
Waltzing Matilda - Banjo Paterson
dido1
Original Author
13 years ago
Matilda - who Told Lies and was Burned to Death - Hillaire Belloc
carolyn_ky
13 years ago
The Burning Court, John Dickson Carr
junek-2009
13 years ago
Hot to Trot - Lou Wakefield
leel
13 years ago
FoxTrot Sundaes: A FoxTrot Collection by Bill Amend
veer
13 years ago
The Turkey Trots Once More - Johnny Pinto
Kath
13 years ago
The Snow Goose - Paul Gallico
junek-2009
13 years ago
The Sparrows of Edward Street - Elizabeth Stead
leel
13 years ago
His Eye Is On The Sparrow: An Autobiography --Ethel Waters
veer
13 years ago
An Episode of Sparrows - Rumer Godden
junek-2009
13 years ago
My Canary yellow Star - Eva Wiseman
carolyn_ky
13 years ago
Red, Red Robin, Stephen Gallagher
phyllis__mn
13 years ago
The Scarlet Letter...Nathaniel Hawthorne
veer
13 years ago
Black Swan Green - David Mitchell
junek-2009
13 years ago
The White Feather - P.G. Wodehouse
dido1
Original Author
13 years ago
The Four Feathers - A.E.W. Mason
veer
13 years ago
A Quill Pen Lightly Dipped - Paul Chancellor
junek-2009
13 years ago
The Love Letter - Cathleen Schine
connie_in_western_nc
13 years ago
Dear John...Nicholas Sparks

No, I didn't read it!
leel
13 years ago
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
dido1
Original Author
13 years ago
The Seagull - Anton Chekov
veer
13 years ago
The Kittiwake - John Coulson
carolyn_ky
13 years ago
Birds of a Feather, Jacqueline Winspear
junek-2009
13 years ago
The Dove In The Eagle's Nest - Charlotte Yonge
leel
13 years ago
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
veer
13 years ago
The Midwich Cuckoos - John Wyndham
dido1
Original Author
13 years ago
As I walked out one Midsummer Morn - Laurie Lee
phyllis__mn
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If Morning Ever Comes.....Anne Tyler
lauramarie_gardener
13 years ago
The Day the Earth Stood Still - Harry Bates
veer
13 years ago
Waiting for Godot - Samuel Beckett
junek-2009
13 years ago
Courage In Patience - Beth Fehlbaum
dido1
Original Author
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Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
leel
13 years ago
World Without End by Ken Follett

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