December 15th is Wear Your Pearls Day. It is a day to be proud of overcoming challenges in your life. Why pearls? I have a book to help explain: ‘Pearls and Parasites” by Arthur E. Shipley, published 1908. This book is hard to find in original print, and in good condition (though this was aContinue reading “December 15 “adding a little luster into your life””
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July 11 ‘But are they real?’
On July 11th, 1893, Kokichi Mikimoto made his first cultured pearl. A cultured pearl is one that has been grown from an oyster that was seeded with a foreign object. My first book is a biography of Kokichi Mikimoto, “The Pearl King” by Robert Eunson 1956. This is a great story about the first manContinue reading “July 11 ‘But are they real?’”
February 14 “don’t play heart to get”
Today is Valentine’s day. I brought out a few books to help with the romance. One must court their romantic other. Flowers and Chocolate are a good first start. I will begin with “The Rose Family” by Olive L. Earle, 1970. This is a nice introduction about the rose plant. It turns out that strawberries are a part of theContinue reading “February 14 “don’t play heart to get””
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