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83Should a Mother's Milk Be Shared With Anyone Besides Her Baby?
What do a rescued dog named Lily, two chefs in Zurich and New York City, Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream, John Steinbeck, and I have in common? We all have a story to tell about breast milk! I know - it sounds...
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80Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Book Review
I'd read Of Mice and Men long before and remembered it to be brilliant -not because others say it is so, but from the visceral resonance I experienced -and the fine memories of admiration for the prose encountered between its covers. Of Mice and Men...
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73Of Mice and Women
They say some things don’t change, but I beg to differ. Nottoway Plantation has survived the Civil War, economic hard times, hurricanes, mice, and men. Some of the sugarcane fields are still there, but it’s once magnificent gardens and over six acres of the front yard, have been re-claimed by the Mississippi River. The mice have left, thanks to the Indian peafowl. It has been beautifully restored, and is a worthwhile step back into another era experience. I have a particular fondness for it --
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75Famous horse quotes from well-known people
Abraham Lincoln, John Steinbeck, William Shakespeare, Winston Churchill and more. All the best and most memorable horse quotes from famous people throughout history
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81Yes, Mom I do Remember
My mother's family not only survived the depression - they thrived! They were there in John's Stienbecks's "Grapes of Wrath" book in Weedpatch, California...
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76List of Movies About People with Mental Disabilities
I seem to enjoy watching movies about people with mental disabilities. The more I watch, the more I discover exist. So I have put together a list of movies about people with mental disabilities. Some are kids with learning disabilities, but most are...
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73Review of Janet Burroway's Writing Fiction
This book is primarily a text for aiding fiction writers as they explore the various aspects of their craft.
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74Chapter 6 Mom, I Do Remember (Depression Refugee Experience)
...the "Weedpatch Camp," and the area around it, became the focus of the greatest internal migration ever known in this country. Not unlike Plymouth Rock or Williamsburg, it deserves to be preserved and honored as: a symbol of man's search for a better life, as it remains to this day.
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71Top Dog Names Inspired by Literature
"A dog is a bond between strangers" - John Steinbeck What's more exciting than bringing home a new four-legged member of your family for the first time? Not much! And one of the first things you have to do once you adopt a new dog (or maybe...
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93American History and Poverty: Fighting The Great Depression
The years from 1929 through 1941 were difficult to survive for many people in America - and the world at large. Read about some of the ways that people fought for survival in those days.
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