8.14.2013

Episode 226: Mrs. Appleyard's Year, ch. 3-4, March - April

In which we consider hand towels, gray days, sick days, and the British telephone.

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Lagniappe 60: In the Steps of St. Paul

A bit of In the Steps of St. Paul
by H.V. Morton
(listen or download from link above)
According to Webster
la·gniappe \ˈlan-ˌyap, lan-ˈ\
Function:
noun
Etymology: American French, from American Spanish la ñapa the lagniappe, from la + ñapa, yapa, from Quechua yapa something added
Date: 1844
: a small gift given a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase;
broadly : something given or obtained gratuitously or by way of good measure

8.06.2013

Episode 225: Mrs. Appleyard's Year, ch. 2 - February

In which we consider hand towels, gray days, sick days, and the British telephone.
Episode 225, Mrs. Appleyard's Year ch. 2 - February
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