Barb's Babbles

      Now that the holidays are over and gone, it's time to snuggle up with a new book. Do you like mysteries?  I have a selection for you and the best part of the whole deal is that they're FREE!      I belong to an online group called, 'Bookfunnel', where we can post our books and the company will deliver them.  All I need to do is join a specific bunch of authors, and then post the link as much as I'd like.  I post it all over since it's such a great deal for everyone.       Please feel free to share this blog on all of your social media so that your friends can enjoy getting a free book also.  I am allowing my readers to download the book, WORD to DEATH. WORD to DEATH is a race between a First Lady enthusiast and a greedy killer who will stop at nothing to locate the original manuscript of Abraham Lincoln's famous speech.         My website also has links to specific sites for you...

Wouldn’t it be great to receive a greeting card from the White House? I think I’d flip. My husband would have to scrape me off either the floor or the ceiling, or both.  The act of sending greeting cards over the holiday season began with President Coolidge. At that time, people all over the United States had begun the tradition, and it’s still in practice. President Hoover, in 1930-31, sent greeting cards to friends and family with pictures included! So he was in the Christmas spirit even in office. FDR introduced more of a stylized Christmas card in 1937 which was provided by the distinguished Brewood Engravers. The single-sided FDR offering was a small, three by four inch, lithograph of a snow covered farm with two red barns and two green fir trees. The inscription said simply, "Christmas 1937."  In 1942 the Roosevelt’s were seated for a black and white photograph. The greeting read: "With Christmas Greetings and our Best Wishes for a Happier New Ye...