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My Short Life As A Feis Stage Monitor
tem·po (tĕm′pō) n. pl. tem·pos or tem·pi (-pē) 1. Music The speed at which music is or ought to be playedI still have nightmares about my afternoon as a stage monitor at the Milwaukee Feis many years...
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DRIVING MISS BRENNA: ROAD TRIP
Tween Author Brenna Briggs To Sign Liffey Rivers Irish Dancer Mysteries In Lansing, Michigan Author Brenna Briggs will be signing the Liffey Rivers Irish Dancer Mysteries in Lansing at the Great...
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On the Road: A Midwestern Author's Book Tour
EXCITING REPORTS FROM BRENNA BRIGGS' EXCITING BOOK TOUR IN AUGUST 2015: HERE WE GO! First, the art: Mural at Eddie's Drive In. Home of the OLIVE BURGER in Coloma, Michigan. Brenna had one there. An...
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BOXED CHRISTMAS CHOCOLATES AND GREEN OLIVES
BOXED CHRISTMAS CHOCOLATES & GREEN OLIVESThe Irish are known to be a group of excessively polite and overly-apologetic people. You know who you are. Rather than risk hurting someone’s feelings,...
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BRENNA BRIGGS''MOTHERS ADDICTED TO IRISH DANCING' NOW AVAILABLE
Brenna Briggs and Brockagh Books has announced that MAIDS (Mothers Addicted To Irish Dancing) is now available on Amazon and through bookstores. DESCRIPTION:Ten MAIDS (Mothers Addicted to Irish...
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Life In The Fast-Tracked Artistic Zone Here In MIneral Point, Wisconsin
Mineral Point party photos, I will admit, do all look alike. Here it's just one big blur of art and music and amazing conversation.Some photographic glimpses into the lives we residents lead:...
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MAIDS: MOTHERS ADDICTED TO IRISH DANCING By Brenna Briggs
MAIDS: MOTHERS ADDICTED TO IRISH DANCING FOR CHRISTMAS THE ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS READ FOR DANCE MOMSThe Irish Dance Moms' Go To Christmas Gift
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The Celtic Gods Liked Their Bog Bodies Buttered
Apparently, the Celtic gods liked their bog bodies buttered.... My New Year’s...
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April 26, 2017: The 240th Anniversary of Sybil Ludington's Ride
On April 26, 1777, 16-year-old Sybil Ludington rode her horse Star 40 miles--twice as far as Paul Revere had done in the Boston...
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SUMMER READING: The Road to Somewhere Begins With a Book
THE ROAD TO SOMEWHERE BEGINS WITH A BOOK. If there had not been the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boy series of books I had access to in my formative years, I would probably now be mostly watching television. I...
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Sometimes it's Halloween every day of the year.
This guy lives a few miles outside of Mineral Point, Wisconsin, on the way to Hollandale. He is a permanent resident at a roadside "shrine " called Grand View House and is as old as he looks.This King...
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How Were the LIFFEY RIVERS IRISH DANCER MYSTERIES Book Covers for #1 and #3...
Selecting the moon was easy but finding the right eyes was not! Note the change of attire for final cover--it's a sweatshirt with the Triskelt design....
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Irish Dancers Do Not Always Leap. Sometimes They Limp.
It's finally raining here in Southwestern Wisconsin today. Sort of. It rained for a least an hour so fires should no longer be a concern. And now floods are being predicted which puts this place on the...
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First Liffey Rivers Irish Dancer Book Will Soon be In 13 Font.
CHANGING FONT SIZE TO 13 TO HELP YOUNGER READERS Changing from 11 to 13A librarian told me that very young precocious Harry Potter readers could read them because those books use a 13 font. She told me...
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FAST TEMPO! SLOW TEMPO! NO TEMPO!
tem·po (tĕm′pō) n. pl. tem·pos or tem·pi (-pē) 1. Music The speed at which music is or ought to be playedI still have nightmares about my volunteering as a stage monitor at the Milwaukee Feis many...
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Celebrate Saint Patrick's Day The Liffey Rivers Way
You can have your cake and eat it too on Saint Patrick's Day if you read a Liffey Rivers Irish Dancer Mystery while you indulge! Go to www.liffeyrivers.com for book descriptions and purchasing info....
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Please: DO NOT GO TO INISHMURRAY ISLAND UNLESS WEIGHT WATCHERS WORKED
Thinking about losing some weight? A bit of advice: Do it BEFOREyou attempt going to Inishmurray Island off the west coast of County Sligo. It is a great place to wander around. There are ancient...
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Brenna Briggs to speak at Chicago Irish Heritage Center on Saturday, October...
New Liffey Rivers Irish Dancer Mysteries website is coming soon... In the meantime:...
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Catching Up
Irish dancing is an expensive "sport" Necessities include: team dress, solo dress, school dress, ghillies, hard shoes, dress coverups, makeup, orange skin (tanning), wigs, poodle socks,...
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Buy the Liffey Rivers Irish Dancer Mysteries Directly From Author With Book...
START YOUR LIFFEY RIVERS BOOK CHARM COLLECTION Sample charms for Book #4: In the Shadow of the Serpent Liffey is...
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BOXED CHRISTMAS CHOCOLATES & GREEN OLIVES The Irish are known to be a group of excessively polite and overly-apologetic people. You know who you are. Rather than risk hurting someone’s feelings, or...
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My Quest for Nancy Drew Mystery Books I had to work hard to read Nancy Drew...
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Irish Werewolf Tradition: THE WEREWOLVES OF OSSORY
The Werewolves of Ossory After St. Patrick, saints in Ireland had extraordinary powers. Especially if they got mad. Once upon a...
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I Never Asked My Friend, Mrs. Mary McKnight, If She Had Ever Imagined Dancing...
Last week I read about a woman who had lived in an iron lung for most of her life. She apparently died during a power outage in her home after the backup power source also failed. This newspaper...
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