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A Green and Frugal Funeral

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Sayward was just a teen, but she took charge of preparing her mother’s body for burial – instructing her sisters to help her wash her mom’s body, clean the clothing to bury her in and sew a pillow to put under her head. Americans have mostly relinquished control of the burial customs to funeral homes and directors.

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Lazy Saturday Reads – The Chocolate Rose, The Falcon And The Sparrow And More Reads

For the Mommas

USA Today and Publisher’s Weekly bestselling author Marie Ferrarella is releasing her three hard-to-find women’s contemporary novels written in the tradition of Danielle Steel, Nora Roberts and Debbie Macomber. Download: Forecast: Shakespeare Sisters by Jane Tara. Amazon Deals Free Stuff Freebies Kindle Ebooks'

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Lazy Saturday Reads ( Kindle) – Cinema Lumière, WIRED And More

For the Mommas

A New York Times and USA Today bestseller! Twin sisters Maddie and Jo Livingston have spent their lives traveling the world with their famous archaeologist parents. Driven by hope and vengeance, Carina Maria DiGratia leaves her idyllic home in Sonoma, California, for a new life in the mining town of Crystal, Colorado.