Words Shapes My World Across Languages and Sounds
Rita Friesen recalls childhood among English Low and High German, noting how languages and books shaped her. She explores words like skirl thrum and waft, reflects on onomatopoeia and alliteration, and shares lingering phrases and poems from her family’s literary home.
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Robert Frost
Easter egg hunt at Rivers Legion brightens town lawn
Easter Bunny visited the Rivers Legion on April 16 hosting an egg hunt for 42 children with parent attendance. Garolyn Phillips and Sharon Thomson led planning and thanked Bart's Creations for decor while 30 sponsors funded toys and prizes. The event moved from Cenotaph park to a park-like setup indoors and will become annual.
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Rivers Legion
Legion Entertainment Committee
Garolyn Phillips
Sharon Thomson
Mother Nature
Carolyn
Bart
Rivers
Legion
Sharon
Lawrence Murray
Weekend of delay and sickness amid Easter reflections
A long weekend brings mixed relief and frustration as sickness and cancellations disrupt travel and gatherings. Despite spoiled plans and postponed events, the writer finds solace in the Easter message of Christ’s resurrection and forgiveness, urging faith over delay.
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Hawaii
Whey
Paul
Christ
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