Archive for August, 2023
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
My Memories of August Vacations By Eloise Graham My dad got two weeks' vacation time in August. The usual vacation would be going from our hometown in East Central Kansas to my Aunt Margaret and Uncle Gus’s place in Central Illinois. Aunt Margaret was my mom’s sister. This trek had probably be...
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August, the Eighth Month of Our Year
By Eloise Graham The August birthstone is the peridot. It is a pale green to yellow-green gem stone. This gem has been found in both Greek and Roman jewelry dating as far back as the 16th century BC. The Egyptians called this lustrous stone the “gem of the gods.” The secondary birthstone for Au...
