If something is high-class or fashionable, is it haute or oat? Does a hawk or a hock fly through the air? Is hay or hey a type of grass that is used as fodder? When you cure a sickness, do you heal or heel? haute or haut, oat Both haute and haut mean high-class or…
Heart Strings is my first novel. I began writing it as a hobby but decided last summer to get serious, finish the book, and publish it. It’s been an exciting journey. I can’t wait to complete the second in the series and find out what happens to my characters—some of my favorite people. I played…
If someone plays on your heart strings, they are attempting to get sympathy from you. If someone tugs at your heart strings or pulls on your heart strings, they are trying to cause strong feelings of affection or sympathy. In Heart Strings. Lauren is an aspiring writer who has a curiosity that never stops. Never…
Is the analytics on your website full of fake hits from referral spam? Would you like to know how to stop these unwelcome “visitors” from spamming your site and ruining your Google Analytics numbers? The analytics on your website need to be checked daily. First, look at which of your pages have been viewed. Is…
Are you going to celebrate First Foot Day on New Year’s Day? What kind of dragon will you give life to on Appreciate a Dragon Day? Will you write a story while taking a bubble bath on Bubble Bath Day? What kind of hat will you wear on National Hat Day? How many times will…
If something is creepy, it will cause a sensation of repulsion, horror, or fear. It’s sort of like when you look down at your arm and discover a huge ugly spider with fangs that are dripping with venom crawling on you. But not all creepy things are bugs. There are so many other things that…
Do you have hair or hare growing on your head? Would your bathroom be down the hall or down the haul? Is your shirt placed on a hangar or on a hanger before you put it in the closet? Does a hart or a heart beat in your chest? hail, hale As a verb, hail…
People have been making New Year’s resolutions since the time of the ancient Babylonians. The most popular resolution then was not to quit smoking or to lose weight but to return something borrowed from a friend the year before. Times have certainly changed. In the today’s world, New Year’s is an excuse to party. Lots of…
What does an eight-legged creepy crawly have to do with Christmas? In Australia, a country famous for its deadly spiders, a Christmas spider really does exist. This timid spider is harmless to humans, but its unusual appearance does tend to frighten. Why is the oddly shaped arachnid called a Christmas spider? There are several species…
Imagine your life and your marriage are perfect. You find out you are carrying the child that you and your husband have longed for. Then the military calls your one true love away. That leaves you alone to take care of the farm. How will you survive until he returns? In eighteenth-century Kentucky, Peter and…
