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Month: December 2022

December 30, 2022January 3, 2023joynealkidney

The New “Leora Book” a topic on The Culture Buzz

December 28, 2022December 28, 2022joynealkidney

Christmas in Northern Minnesota, Early 1900s, a Blizzard and a Child With Pneumonia

December 26, 2022December 26, 2022joynealkidney

Christmas 1952: All Nine Grandchildren

December 23, 2022December 23, 2022joynealkidney

Christmas 1946: War’s Aftermath

December 21, 2022December 21, 2022joynealkidney

Dexter’s Presbyterian Church Choir, all School Kids

December 19, 2022December 19, 2022joynealkidney

Home for Christmas 1944

December 17, 2022December 30, 2022joynealkidney

SPAM (and a Letter Jacket)

December 15, 2022December 15, 2022joynealkidney

“Shelter of the Cross” – signed Poster Print by Photojournalist David LaBelle

December 14, 2022December 14, 2022joynealkidney

My Mother’s Coveted Caramels

December 12, 2022December 12, 2022joynealkidney

Prose and Poetry Gems by Sally Cronin

December 9, 2022December 11, 2022joynealkidney

Debut Novel of Cherie Dargan’s “Grandmother’s Treasures” Series

December 7, 2022December 8, 2022joynealkidney

Novels set in the Holy Land–one Contemporary, one in Biblical Times

December 5, 2022January 5, 2023joynealkidney

Thrillers by Jeff Bailey–Terrorists, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Warheads!

December 2, 2022December 2, 2022joynealkidney

Leora Frances Wilson: December 4, 1890-December 4, 1987

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