Writing With Fruits and Veggies

Would you like some zucchini? We’re swimming in them. If I could figure out how to get veggies through the computer, I’d be happy to share my garden’s bounty with you. Since I can’t, I’ll share some Y’s words instead. (This post is adapted from one that appeared on my personal blog, www.YsWords.com, on February 11, 2011.) I’ve been gardening far longer than I’ve been...

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Did You Know? ~ Rats and Fleas and Plague, Oh My!

I hope our Borrowed Book readers don't mind, but tonight I'm going to recycle an article I wrote in 2012. It seems apropos because of an article I recently read about a man dying in Yemen from bubonic plague. Even more interesting is the archaic way Yemen officials are handling the death--they're sealing off parts of the city. But sealing people away isn't going to keep...

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A Day in the Life of Author, Melissa Jagears

by Elizabeth Ludwig Melissa Jagears Melissa Jagears is a stay-at-home mother on a tiny Kansas farm with a fixer-upper house. Her passion is to help Christian believers mature in their faith and judge rightly. Learn more at www.melissajagears.com.  Hello, Melissa! Welcome to The Borrowed Book. Since this is your first time to visit, why don't we start...

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Winners!!

Good morning, BB fans! Thanks to everyone who participated in our "puzzling" Friday giveaway! Keep all those facebook and Twitter notifications, coming! This week's winner is:   Cindy W (countrybear52 AT yahoo DOT com) - Ransom in the Rock by Yvonne Anderson.   Congratulations, Cindy! Thank you all so much for stopping by The Borrowed Book....

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Winners!!

Good morning, BB fans! Thanks to everyone who participated in our "puzzling" Friday giveaway! Keep all those facebook and Twitter notifications, coming! This week's winner is:   Cindy W (countrybear52 AT yahoo DOT com) - Sincerely Yours by Amanda Cabot.   Congratulations, Cindy! Thank you all so much for stopping by The Borrowed Book....

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Sunday Devotional: Psalm 45, A Cinderella Story

Deep in our hearts, there’s a tenderness for the story of Cinderella. Ordinary girl, stuck in an oppressively unfair situation, who steals away for one magical night to attend the ball. She unexpectedly finds love but is so unsuitable for the prince, and knows it, so she disappears back into obscurity. But, the prince can’t forget her, so he goes looking for her. And he finds her. What happens then? We know, of course, that he lifts her from the...

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Weekly Drawing

It's Fun Friday at The Borrowed Book! This week's prize is available to residents inside the continental US only. To enter: Leave the time it took you to complete the puzzles in the comments section as well as your email address for notifying you if you've won. Winners will be drawn from ALL of the times, so the person with the fastest time may not be the actual winner,...

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A Visit With our Own Sandra Moore

Today we have a treat: one of our own Borrowed Book bloggers, Sandra (who writes as S. Dionne Moore) comes out from behind the curtain to chat with us. Come on out, Sandra. Oh, look, there she is! We won't applaud, though, in case we embarrass her and she hides again. Instead, let's talk about her latest release, A Heartbeat Away, part of the Quilts of Love series...

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Did You Know? ~ The Humble Elderberry

Elderberries have been used for medicinal purposes for thousands of years through Europe, North America, Western Asia, and North Africa. The Elderberry shrub became a part of many American homestead plantings and was often grown alongside lilacs, forsythia, and apple trees. Ancient elder bushes can still be found on abandoned farmsteads, along roadsides, and in other unexpected...

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Allegorically Speaking by Author Yvonne Anderson

Click to Purchase Kindle Version “How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?” The folk song asks this rhetorical question not because the songwriter’s looking for an answer, but to prod the hearer to think. Another rhetorical device that’s familiar to everyone, though not always identified as rhetorical, is allegory. When used in literature, a...

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