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My book club theme for March is to read a Childhood Favorite.

I'm reading a Trixie Belden mystery. I loved Trixie and the Bob-Whites back in the day.

I babysat for a quarter per hour, saving my money to ride my bike up to the drug store to buy a Trixie Belden book for fifty-nine cents.

I had never heard of World Book Day before but apparently it's a British thing where people wear costumes inspired by books? That's charming and I certainly support it.

For World Book Day we are dressed as someone who read the book before the TV show got popular and are spending the day saying “well actually in the book” until we are forcibly removed from the office.

🤣😂😂😂

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Book Group The last Thursday of every month was Book Group,
when the books would gather together to discuss Brian. “It’s no fun here any more,” remarked Bleak House, glumly.
“Why doesn’t he read us?” whined the Grapes of Wrath. “It makes me so angry!” 
“I’m sure he only bought me so he can show me off to his friends,”
complained Ulysses, in a stream of self-consciousness. “I bet he can’t even remember my name, The Idiot,”
muttered a voice from the Russian literature section.
“That’s because he avoids you like The Plague,” said another.
“C’est vrai!” came a cry. “It is like I do not exist.” “Let’s not give up on him yet.” It was Brave New World.
After some Persuasion, they agreed to give him one last chance.
“Be quiet!” cried Waiting for Godot with Great Expectations.
“Here he comes now!” Brian entered the room, with his phone.
He sat down and watched some videos of baby pandas falling over.
After an hour or so, he started googling cats dressed as celebrities. On the shelf, the books waited with uncracked spines,
their silence speaking volumes. Brian Bilston

In celebration of World Book Day, here’s a poem called ‘Book Group’.

Happy World Book Day 🥰🥰❤️❤️📚📚📚

Happy World Book Day, UK style, everyone! #WorldBookDay #HappyWorldBookDay See you in April for the more international one.📚😀

NOEM: I would disagree with the judge

CROCKETT: I'm sure you would, but can you tell me whether or not you have a law degree?

NOEM: A what?

CROCKETT: A law degree

NOEM: No I do no-

CROCKETT: Okay

National Grammar Day is observed across the United States each year on March 4th.

The observance encourages the use of correct grammar in both verbal and written language.

#NationalGrammarDay #grammar

Good Luck!

Congratulations! Writing "The End" is a wonderful feeling

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WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag March 4 - media Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine. Support others on the #WIPSnips tag! Hosted by rosie-j-potter.bsky.social The image behind the text is a border that is dark blue with gold stars with a black background with neon blue border. An illustrated caticorn holding a pencil and writing in a book with a rose behind one ear is in the lower right corner. A different version of the same illustrated caticorn is curled up writing in the lower left corner.

The #WIPSnips word for March 4th is "media"

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on this day in 1933 "the US Senate confirms Frances Perkins as Secretary of Labor and she is sworn in the same day, making her the first female member of the United States Cabinet."

It's unbelievable I never heard of Frances Perkins until now when I picked up the historical fiction book Becoming Madame Secretary by @stephaniedray.bsky.social

She was first woman cabinet member and created Social Security. Amazing woman!

I need to know more so I am off to the library today.

The 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction longlist! Join us as we reveal the 2026 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction longlist on Wednesday 4 March at 2pm GMT.

We are thrilled to reveal the 2026 #WomensPrize for Fiction longlist. 16 titles that showcase the profound force, resonance and scale of fiction writing: from tackling turbulent global issues to examining the intensely intimate. Discover the longlist here: youtu.be/fyPfDaHddLg

#WomensHistoryMonth

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Kaine on Fox: "The president can act to defend US against imminent attack without congressional approval. But if you're going to initiate war, you need Congress. The president not only did not come to Congress, he acted without even notification to the vast majority of us. This is an illegal war."

"Hoping that Iranians choose their new leaders wisely is not a strategy" - Senator Mark Krlly

Hypatia of Alexandria (c. 370–415 CE), brilliant Greek mathematician, astronomer, and Neoplatonist philosopher—the first woman known to head a major school of learning; she taught advanced mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy, advised civic leaders, and became a symbol of reason and intellectual freedom despite the era's gender and religious barriers. The black-and-white engraved portrait shows her in profile, facing left, with a serene, contemplative expression; she has an elegant neck, large eyes, and elaborate braided hair styled in a high bun wrapped with a headband, rendered in fine line work with soft shading on a plain background.

Hypatia of Alexandria (d. March 415) was a mathematician, astronomer & philosopher. First woman known to lead a major school of thought. She taught advanced math & #science & defied gender/religious barriers. There have been #WomenInSTEM for millennia.🔭📐

#WomensHistoryMonth #astronomy

How long and frequent should author’s blog be? How frequently you’ll blog largely depends on your time constraints and your readers’ thirst for information from and about you. More than once a day is too much, but you probably want to have…

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Caffeto Specialty Coffee Crafts a Colombia-Carolina Connection Caffeto Specialty Coffee opens its first cafe in Cornelius near Charlotte, serving Colombian farm-sourced coffees roasted in Manizales.

With coffee sourced from the founders’ family farm in Colombia, roasted nearby in Manizales and shipped to North Carolina every two weeks, Caffeto Specialty Coffee has opened its first brick-and-mortar cafe in Cornelius, just north of Charlotte...

Happy National Barista Day ☕️

Dispatches from the Writing Life #6: Women and the Great War Revisions on chapters two and three of the Jane Grant book have re-ignited my interest in the Great War of 1914-1918, now more commonly known as World War I, and have given me the opportunity to di…

Just ahead of the start of Women's History Month. 🗃️

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Spent several hours outside removing dead flower stems from the garden, weeds wacking around the forsythia and japonica, and fertilizing the daylily bed. Spring is coming! 😃