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French Obsession #6 - A belated trip to Paris

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It is already the first of September and time to link a post to the French Obsession . I am doing a shorter post than I did for August. I was lucky to find these photos at all. Here are just three black and white pictures from a trip that my maternal grandmother (=mormor) and I made to Paris when I was a teenager. The first photo shows my grandmother standing not too far away from the Eifle Tower. You may notice that she has her arm in a plaster cast. This trip almost was canceled because of her broken arm. But Mormor was very determined. In hinsight, it was probably good that she took the trip while she was still able to move about. That broken arm was just the beginning of what was to become osteoporosis. And at that time, it wasn't taken that seriously. Eventually the bones in her spine pinched the nerves to her arms and she lost the use of her hands. She had constant headaches and other pain and discomfort in the last years of her life. In this next picture with the two of

G is for Gold - Mrs. Denise Nesbitt's abc-Wednesday, Round 7 - G

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' G' is for Gold Anna's Adornments is a jewellery blog. What G-word is the first that comes to mind when you think of jewellery? You guessed it! Gold! I don't even need to open the dictionary to find this week's G-word. Russian Orthodox gold icon depicting the Mother of God, St Iver and St Alexis , Moscow, Russia, 19th century. Photo source. Unfortunately, I don't have any items that are made of gold in my online shops right now. (I wish.) Yellow gold nuggets ( Photo source: Only Gold) Sometimes I dream about working with real gold; going to goldsmith's school and learning how to work with real gold and making jewellery out of real gold. It would be nice. So what am I going to do for this post? Photo Copyright Wikipedia Gold in goldpan, Alaska ( Photo source ) Write an ode to gold? Not qu ite. More like a quick history of gold. (Well, actually I did write a poem about gold; but it is so bad that I simply cannot use it here.) This po

Patricia Rockwell’s Virtual Book Tour for Sounds of Murder: Anna asks some questions

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Anna: I have read Patricia Rockwell's mystery, Sounds of Murder , and am very pleased that she is here today to talk about her book. Thank you so much for visiting Anna's Adornments, Patricia. Normally, this is a blog about the craft of jewellery-making, but today we get to learn about the craft of writing and think about reading, and what pleasure a really good book can give. Why is your novel called a ' cozy ' and 'an acoustic mystery'? I've heard of the term 'cozy' before, but not 'an acoustic mystery'. Patricia Rockwell : Anna, thank you for inviting me to your blog to discuss my new cozy mystery, Sounds of Murder . My book is a cozy mystery, actually I’ve labeled it “an acoustic mystery” because my heroine, Pamela Barnes, is a psychology professor who studies sound and conducts research using acoustic technology. When one of her colleagues is murdered, she resolves to find the killer using an accidentally made recording of the actua

This Week With Entrecard - August 23rd to 29th, 2010

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We have company tomorrow! Please come back and read the interview with Patricia Rockwell about her new cozy & publishing company. Monday, August 30th!! ------ Thank you for advertising with me on my Entrecard-widget from August 23rd to 29th, 2010. Please visit these fine sites: Monday, August 23rd - The Modern Mom Tuesday, August 24th - Meow Diaries Wednesday, August 25th - Mariuca's Perfume Gallery Thursday, August 26th - Pictures of a Bygone Era Friday, August 27 th - Vintage Fun for All Saturday August 28th - Sara Cat writes / Sara Katt skriver Sunday August 29th - The Red Cat Society Best wishes, Anna First Commenter: Ann of Ann's Snap Edit & Scrap