Warm summer days naturally invite people to run through the sprinklers, drink ice-cold beverages and devour delicious gourmet food hot from the grill. With around 65 percent of American homes owning one or more outdoor grills or smokers, they’ve become a popular way to bring… Continue

The Taste of Shakespeare presents Merchant of Venice tells the story of greed, prejudice, love, and mercy. Antonio and Shylock run at odds throughout the story, after Antonio borrows from Shylock, and Shylock demands his infamous "pound of flesh". The women in this play are surprisingly strong characters, and are instrumental in resolving all the plot's problems.
Stephany Roscoe directs this joint production of Longmont Theater's Taste of Shakespeare, and the Lafayette Theater Company.

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Now that summer's officially here, that means three things: Road construction for commuters, house hunting for home buyers, and garage/yard sales for everyone else. For frugal shoppers looking to bag some sunshine while hunting for bargains, look to some of Boulder's classified Web sites, Craigslist, The Daily Camera, Westword, Boulder Weekly, and others.

One sale of note: The Acorn School for Early Childhood Development is throwing its annual yard sale on Saturday, July 18,

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Here is a link to and a copy of the article that appeared in Missouri about one of my children’s books:
Darcie Mae Fortin
Pen name: Darcie Mae
Maine
thepeablys@tds.net
http://sammyandrobert.tripod.com

Article of interest:
http://www.joplinindependent.com/display_article.php/staff1246580169

Editors, Joplin Independent
Missouri

Here's a trio of books to read to youngsters staff Updated: 2009-07-02 18:16:09 Research is showing that children who have been read to at an early age are better prepar… Continue

Check out the photos. We happened on this ladybug condo project just as we were starting down from the summit. I counted them and there were over a zillion. On one branch. Amazing!