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Words by Webb is a blog about writing, reading, baking and plants - with a little bit of who knows what thrown in for fun.
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Review of Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass: How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up
More About Class Clown America’s most beloved wiseass finally tells his life story with all the humor you’d expect from a man who made a...
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May 15, 20253 min read
Interview of Jenny Dandy
I'm having fun with the Houses of Crime mystery series. Last week I reviewed The Brownstone of E. 83d Street and next month I'll be...
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May 13, 20254 min read
Review of The Brownstone on E. 83rd
For a gal from a small town, it's always fun to take a peek at the lives of the rich and sophisticated people of New York City (along...
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May 8, 20252 min read
Spring into Reading Giveaway
Always eager to try a new author? Or 16 new authors? WOW! Women on Writing is having their annual Spring into Reading Giveaway. There...
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May 6, 20251 min read
Review of The Spider Lady
More About The Spider Lady : Nan Songer and Her Arachnid World War II Army Venomous spiders, delicate silk, and science experiments...
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May 1, 20252 min read
Y is for Yellow
After 12 years of wearing school uniforms, I swore off the dreaded colors green and yellow. In my entire closet I think there are two...
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Apr 29, 20251 min read
Interview of Stephen G. Eoannou
Last week I reviewed the first book in the Nicholas Bishop private eye series After Pearl . Today author Stephen G. Eoannou is back with...
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Apr 29, 20257 min read
X is for X Marks the Spot
X marks the spot your new plant will call home. You never know how important X is until a plant that was thriving in one spot gets moved...
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Apr 28, 20251 min read
Short stories, cats and bored editors
I'm visiting at The Muffin to write about short stories, cats and bored editors. Check out my guest post HERE .
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Apr 27, 20251 min read
W is for Worms
I remember summer evenings during my childhood spent peeking out of our kitchen window at the bobbing flashlights trained on our...
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Apr 26, 20251 min read
V is for Viola
Well, I just spent the day at Longwood Gardens reveling in the tulips, flowering trees and new conservatory (see L is for Longwood...
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Apr 25, 20251 min read
U is for Unexpected
If you're going to enjoy plants, you have to ready for the unexpected. For years my children and I waited every morning at the end of our...
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Apr 24, 20251 min read
Review of After Pearl
Who knew that Buffalo, New York could be so gritty? When you read Stephen G. Eoannou's tales of a Buffalo of years ago you'll find...
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Apr 24, 20253 min read
T for Tulips
One of the first things I did when I decided to turn the plot of dirt next to my house into a garden was buy a bag full of tulip bulbs. I...
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Apr 23, 20252 min read
S is for Shade
When I started gardening all I had was sunny spots. There were absolutely no trees. It was just a big empty field with a house plopped in...
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Apr 22, 20252 min read
R is for Robert Frost
Thanks to Robert Frost for this amazing poem Nothing Gold Can Stay Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early...
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Apr 21, 20251 min read
Q is for Queen Anne's Lace
True confessions time! when I started this challenge back in April I did make a list of all the letters of the alphabet and possible...
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Apr 19, 20252 min read
Dial A for Aunties Series
Here's a roundup of all three books in Jesse Q. Sutano 's Dial A for Aunties series. More About Dial A for Aunties In Dial A for Aunties...
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Apr 18, 20254 min read
P is for Poison
Or more specifically, a particular book I happen to be reading about plants. Very special plants. Killer plants! I started writing a...
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Apr 18, 20252 min read
O is for Outdoor Photo Contest
Do you enjoy spending time outdoors? Then it's time to start snapping some pics and enter them in the annual Pennsylvania Parks & Forest...
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Apr 17, 20251 min read
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