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Back to School $250 Giveaway

Posted on August 17, 2017 by splendidsummer

Back to School $250 Giveaway August 17th to September 7th Thanks to this fabulous group of bloggers and authors for sponsoring this giveaway! Enter for your chance to win $250 in Paypal Cash or a $250 Amazon Gift Card. Sponsor … Continue reading →

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Disneyland Cats

Posted on August 16, 2017 by splendidsummer

Before Disneyland opened to the public, Walt Disney inspected Sleeping Beauty’s Castle and found a kitty napping there. Walt Disney grew up on a farm and knew that where there could be rats, you need cats. Cats took the title … Continue reading →

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Mailbox Monday

Posted on May 21, 2017 by splendidsummer

While Henry Ford may not have invented the auto, he’s the genius who figured out how to mass-produce and market it. I received a copy of Drive, by Lawrence Goldstone, narrated by Christopher Price, the background story about auto creation … Continue reading →

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Awesome Hero Saves Royal Docks Office Cat From Drowning

Posted on May 1, 2017 by splendidsummer

One of the things I love about this hero is his absolute lack of hesitation. When he sees Felix, the Royal Docks office cat, pushed in the Thames by another cat, he immediately drops everything to save her from drowning. … Continue reading →

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Audiobook Review: Peter Pan

Posted on April 25, 2017 by splendidsummer

Lily Collins fabulously narrates this Audible edition of Peter Pan. When kids believe they can fly, Peter Pan magically leads them away to Neverland with a cranky fairy named Tinkerbell. They battle pirates and live happily without adults until they … Continue reading →

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Mailbox Monday

Posted on February 12, 2017 by splendidsummer

Peter Pan, narrated by Lily Collins, and published by Audible, landed in my mailbox. It’s always interesting to look at the classics you read as a kid when you have a lot more life experience:) The first time I read … Continue reading →

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Audiobook Review: One Breath: Freediving, Death, and the Quest to Shatter Human Limits

Posted on February 7, 2017 by splendidsummer

Here is the description from Amazon: “One Breath is a gripping and powerful exploration of the strange and fascinating sport of freediving, and of the tragic, untimely death of America’s greatest freediver. Competitive freediving – a sport built on diving … Continue reading →

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Superbowl 2017 – Dear Kitten Regarding the Big Game

Posted on January 31, 2017 by splendidsummer
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Abraham Lincoln and Cats – Presidents & Pets

Posted on January 14, 2017 by splendidsummer

Public Domain, Link When asked if her husband had any hobbies, Mary Todd Lincoln reportedly said, “cats”. President Lincoln welcomed stray cats to the White House. During the darkest days of the Civil War, the company of his cats helped … Continue reading →

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*Expired* Nine Lives and Google Play and Amazon’s 99 Cent Movies Deal Through January 23, 2017

Posted on December 24, 2016 by splendidsummer

Nine Lives is a cute movie. Kevin Spacey plays an executive who briefly inhabits the body of a cat. As Mark Twain said, “If you crossed man with a cat, you’d improve man but deteriorate the cat.” And Nine Lives … Continue reading →

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