by Norma Thatcher | Jul 10, 2022 | Books, Inspirational, Thought provoking
At a cost of one dollar, the children’s book was a real steal. I just checked online, and the list price is $75. The reason for the steep price tag of Shirley Barber’s Martha B. Rabbit Jigsaw Book is that it contains seven 48-piece jigsaw puzzles to go along with...
by Norma Thatcher | May 1, 2022 | Family, Friendship, Inspirational, Thought provoking
Funerals are likely not anyone’s favorite place to be. I personally find funerals soothing in some way. Someone has died, and the people who love, admire, and respect the person come together to say goodbye. We send the person off and comfort those who remain behind....
by Norma Thatcher | Apr 3, 2022 | Family, Healthy Living, Interesting information, Music, Thought provoking
“I Love Classical Music” and “I Love the Nutcracker” have been two of my baby granddaughter’s favorite board books most of her 9 months of life. Both by Marion Billet, they each offer snippets of six selections of orchestra music. The sound is surprisingly good. Baby...
by Norma Thatcher | Mar 27, 2022 | Books, Friendship, Love, Thought provoking, Words
Within a span of days the book itself appeared before me twice, as in separate friends asking me, “Hey, have you read this book yet?” Then an easily recognizable snippet of one of the book’s drawings showed up when I was researching vendors on Facebook. I’ve mentioned...
by Norma Thatcher | Feb 20, 2022 | Inspirational, Spiritual, Thought provoking
Although the audiobook City of the Sun is from 2008, I just came across it recently. The main character, Frank Behr, is a private detective who retired from his career as a police officer. He gets pulled into a case by the parents of a missing 12-year-old boy, Jamie...
by Norma Thatcher | Jan 15, 2022 | Interesting information, Love, Thought provoking
I’m beginning to believe I may have a fixation on hands. When I read an article on NextAvenue.org about elderly people usually being portrayed photographically in the media by just their hands, I knew I wanted to write about it. But then I recalled that I had written...
