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Oma, Abuela, Bubbe, Meemaw . . . . what do you call YOUR grandmother?
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Re: Oma, Abuela, Bubbe, Meemaw . . . . what do you call YOUR grandmother?
Nana was my mother's mother, Grandma Jones my father's.
To my (French-speaking) kids, both grandmothers were Mamie and they called my dad Papiche.
My grandson is still too small to call me anything but I'd like to be M…
hope it doesn't take too long
would like to join in, it looks interesting
I worked as a typesetter on scientific journals full of mathematical and technical symbols, greek letters, equations, each one on a different ball - I had about 12 or 15 balls lined up in front of me and sometimes had to…
French - Français
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Mais où est donc passé Bilbi ?
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je ne sais pas mais j'espère qu'elle a lu ce thread
http://stage.bookcrossing.com/forum/10/466087/27
qui est destiné à la faire rougir
how I wish, that when I send a book further along its ray, ring, relay or whatever, I could just click on one window instead of having to go through all the rigmarole of release state, city, crossing zone, etc. I get tot…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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Poems of Love, John Donne- March 29th RABCK
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it's quite a small and light book
so no problem about sending overseas!
One of threads I enjoyed most in the past weeks was the one on poetry. And April, someone said, is Poetry month. So my March 29th Leap Year RABCK is
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/1442923
It goes to anyone who can…
How did they know I like to chop the little beasts in two when they rear their ugly heads in my garden?
My mother used to hate it when I put my Dylan discs on. She wasn't much impressed when I said it was also him playing the harmonica and the guitar, and singing all at the same time. I remember well the first time I heard…
I just read that article and copied it to paste here but you got there before me! I never take much notice of back cover blurbs, in many big publishing houses it is a job given to junior editors who haven't even read the…
or perhaps a Maine Coone. But for the moment I'll settle for my very lovable and ordinary European tabby.
French - Français
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De l'Espagne - arc noir contre le terrorisme
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Re: tiens c'est marrant, pourquoi il est tout brouillé ?
c'est venu encore plus brouillé chez moi, et plus grand. Alors je l'ai enlevé. Ca ne m'empêche pas d'avoir du chagrin.
feature in Oliver Sach's excellent An Anthropologist on Mars.
I personally am very interested in ethnopharmacology, which covers everything from hallucinogenic mushrooms consumed at the bacchanalia to ancient Chinese ar…
the ribbon came out all fuzzy. I don't have a right click on my mouse.
bought this a few weeks ago, it is good enough to die for:
chocolat fourré de caramel au beurre salé
(caramel filling made from salted butter). I was hesitant about trying it at first but the taste is not at all salty,…
but I'm waiting till the envelope is full.
I heard the news this morning but did not see the pictures until tonight. I feel your sorrow and your anger, and hold the people of Spain in my heart.
just met this one the other day in a book by Oliver Sachs, people who mechanically repeat what someone else has just said. I think it sounds lovely and would make a good screen name.
horrified too. If you put clothes on your cat you would have to chop off its claws!
