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Month: April 2024

April 30, 2024April 30, 2024joynealkidney

Terrific New Book Ideas for Mother’s Day Gifts

April 27, 2024April 28, 2024joynealkidney

Dallas County Freedom Rock® “Selfies” II

April 26, 2024April 26, 2024joynealkidney

His Treasured Bride by Jody Hedlund and Patti Stockdale

April 25, 2024April 25, 2024joynealkidney

Meadowlarks and Leora’s Stories

April 24, 2024April 24, 2024joynealkidney

Just Her Poetry: Seasons of a Soul by D.L. Finn

April 20, 2024April 20, 2024joynealkidney

How Old is the Photo on the Cover of Leora’s Early Years?

April 18, 2024March 30, 2024joynealkidney

Eleven French Horns

April 17, 2024April 17, 2024joynealkidney

The Horse Lawyer and Other Poems by Greg Seeley

April 16, 2024April 16, 2024joynealkidney

Bonnie and Clyde Robbed the Stuart Bank on this Date, 1934

April 15, 2024April 14, 2024joynealkidney

Kin Types by Luanne Castle

April 13, 2024April 10, 2024joynealkidney

Dust and Diamonds: Poems of Faith and Beyond by Donn Taylor

April 12, 2024April 12, 2024joynealkidney

Grief Songs: Poems of Love & Remembrance by Elizabeth Gauffreau

April 11, 2024April 11, 2024joynealkidney

My Memories of WHO Radio’s 100 Years

April 10, 2024April 17, 2024joynealkidney

Variety is the Spice of Life: A blend of poetry and prose by Sally Cronin

April 10, 2024April 10, 2024joynealkidney

Ever So Gently: A Collection of Poems by Lauren Scott

April 9, 2024April 9, 2024joynealkidney

There was a Time: poems, musing, and thoughts of experiencing cancer – by Andrew Reynolds

April 8, 2024October 13, 2024joynealkidney

Granger Homestead by Brent Hegstrom

April 6, 2024April 4, 2024joynealkidney

School Safety Patrol along White Pole Road, 1950s

April 4, 2024March 24, 2024joynealkidney

Dale Wilson’s Favorite Poem: “If” by Rudyard Kipling

April 2, 2024April 2, 2024joynealkidney

Dennis Simpson has been Barbering for 60 Years!

April 1, 2024April 1, 2024joynealkidney

An Inheritance of the Most Holy

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