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http://rosecityreader.blogspot.com "When you die, your spirit wakes in the frozen north, in the City of the Dead, and waits there until someone comes along to Send you to the next world by telling you a simple and heartfelt "goodbye." This single word, spoken by someone who loves you, releases your soul from this world and lets you finish your journey to the next life. The city of the Dead is difficult, dangerous, and expensive to reach. You must join the steady stream of mourners who pour north at all times to Send their loved ones, unwilling to let their dead wander forever through the cold."

When I started " Somewhere Safe With Somebody Good by Jan Karon, I thought she had given me enough pages to enjoy while saying goodbye to my favorite characters. As I neared the end of the novel, I realized Mitford had become a part of me. Since I have met the characters in a few of the other Mitford novels, I know these characters quite well. Reading this book felt like a family reunion. I felt so happy to meet Father Tim and Cynthia again along with the Violet cat books, Dooley, Sammy, Henry and so many I haven't named here. The characters haven't changed. Father Tim still complains a little bit about his Diabetes. Dooley seems to go on maturing and becoming the son that any man would feel proud to have as his own and Cynthia still looks out for Father Tim like a good and loving wife. The characters are the same, but their circumstances have changed. So I had a lot of catching up to do in the book. I especially enjoyed Father Tim spending time working at the Happy E

http://www.bermudaonion.net  "The mitred conure and the red-fronted conure, both mountain species from Peru and Argentina, looked quite similar to the bird in the market. Fern flipped through the pages for aratingas, making sure there wasn't some other one she had missed. There were dozens of variations on this small green bird, among the the blue-crowned and golden-and olive-throated conures, sun conures...." Aratinga Bird Aratinga is a genus of South American parakeets. They belong to the long-tailed group and are among the genera often called conures in aviculture. Most are predominantly green, although a few are predominantly yellow or orange. Wikipedia

http://bookjourney.wordpress.com This week I finished Citizen by Rob Peabody. This book is Christian non-fiction. I'm still reading and enjoying Somewhere Safe With Somebody Good by Jan Karon. I am also reading The Girl Who Came Back To Life by Craig Staufenberg. This one is for a blog tour.  This one is called A FairyTale.

  This is a thought provoking nonfiction Christian book. From the very beginning the book took me down a new path because I had no idea what the author, Rob Peabody, meant by an "Alternative Kingdom. Citizen by Rob Peabody goes into great detail about the life of a true Christian. If you expect an exciting life as a Christian, your role will  go farther  beyond sitting in a pew on a chosen worship day. It goes beyond a moral compass of striving to keep the law in a lawless society. It's more than not stealing, not killing, not coveting your neighbor's belongings or not ever have cursed out your neighbor's dog for parking too loudly on the week night before you have to go to work. Also, it's more than saying "yes, I'm saved. My everlasting home is in Heaven with Jesus. Amen. Rob Peabody gives himself and his family as a concrete example. They left all their material possessions and went to London to do Missionary work. Examples of the people Rob

http://bermudaonion.net "They can write and talk all they like about Chartres Cathedral's high-flying feats of Gothic - the rib vaults, the gravity, the fenestration - but what caught my delight that morning was the peace of the youthful day, the blue hues of semi-darkness, the sound of our footsteps on the original medieval floor." 1. Fenestration the arrangement, proportioning, and design of windows and doors in a building. http://merriam-webster.com 2. Gothic Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period . It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture . Originating in 12th-century France and lasting into the 16th century, Gothic architecture was known during the period as Opus Francigenum ("French work") with the term Gothic first appearing during the latter part of the Renaissance . Its characteristics include the pointed arch , the ribbed vault an

http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com "She didn't see him, so he let her browse. Book browsing had its own set of rules, of course. It was a contemplative pursuit, and he was trying to learn when to reel in a paying customer and when to reel out...Two hours later, Irene McGraw was still sitting on the floor in the Children's section, books strewn about in a bright sea of color. For the first time since he'd known her, she appeared...what? Relaxed. Comfortable."