by Chloe | Jun 10, 2021 | Submerged Hopes, Who Knew?
Greece has opened the world’s first underwater museum! The wreck of the Peristera, a cargo ship loaded with thousands of pottery amphorae, sank in the Agean Sea near Alonissos Island around 500 B.C.E. The find is important because it changed our understanding...
by Chloe | May 27, 2021 | Who Knew?
Spring has sprung! I have three new babies who need names! Want to help me out? There are two Starlight Green Eggers (who look like quail) and one Prairie Bluebell Blue Egger (the tawny one). Give me your suggestions, and read on for some chicken trivia! Who...
by Chloe | Mar 28, 2021 | Hard Truths, New Heights, Uncategorized, Who Knew?
The symbolism of eggs as resurrection and rebirth is not unique to Christians: decorated ostrich eggs were placed in the graves of ancient Egyptians and Sumerians 5,000 years ago! The association of eggs with Easter developed when they were prohibited during Lent....
by Chloe | Mar 17, 2021 | Who Knew?
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! My earliest memories of St. Patrick’s Day are of being chased on the playground, fleeing the pinching fingers of my classmates. Over the next few years, it proved a perfect excuse for interaction with boys, who were otherwise best avoided. All...
by Chloe | Mar 12, 2021 | Hard Truths, Who Knew?
Hard Truths comes out Monday, 3/15! Enemies to lovers? Check. A cocky adventure racer? Check. Real-world roadblocks to romance? Check. Here it is! Why is time fast as a cheetah when things are fun, but slow as a turtle when one waits? That reminds me: this one...
by Chloe | Mar 4, 2021 | Hard Truths, Musings, Progress, Who Knew?
Shakespeare said, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” but can you see a modern-day heroine named Gertrude? Today, I’ll spill a secret about the way I name my characters. Sometimes, the story drives the name. Jason from Hard Truths, for example, is an...
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