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Today is our final day of our special Business & Career Radio Expo which airs live at 11am PT / 2pm ET. Join us to hear about Meeting & Convention destinations, Tourism, Corporate Incentives, Office Love Affairs, Insurance, and Responsible Business Systems!
We're continuing our National Parks Week celebration with artist Victoria Chick, who explains the role the Artists of Yosemite had in establishing the park, plus, a brain-teasing Sunday Crossword Puzzle. Patricia Harman discusses her second memoir 'Arms Wide Open: A Midwife's Journey', Ruth Milstein shares her favorite Passover Recipes, and HGTV Carpenters Russ Hemmis and Marcus Hunt 'Team Two Times' answer Big Blend readers questions about DIY Decks, Patios, Pathways & Fencing! And, if you missed entering our Giveaways this week, we have them all listed for you - good luck!
Have a Wonderful Sunday!
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Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith,
Publishers - Big Blend Radio Magazine Group |
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"God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road." ~ Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) |
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 Find Out What Happened & Who Was Born 'On This Date'!
April 17 - Palm Sunday; Perigean Spring tides; Pink Moon; Geoffrey Chaucer, pictured, tells the Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II; discovery of New York Harbor by Giovanni Verrazano; Mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln; Jerrie Mock becomes the first woman to circumnavigate the world by air; Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy; birth date of Cap Anson, Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen), Thornton Wilder, William Holden, Rod Stieger, Jennifer Garner, and more! |
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 Art of Yosemite, DIY Outdoor Spaces, and a Midwife's Memoir!
ART: Artists of Yosemite - Artist Victoria Chick explains how the history of the artists of Yosemite is not merely a recounting of the paintings, engravings, and etchings they produced, but encompasses politics, big business, and the early movement to set aside spectacular land to be forever enjoyed by the public.
READ: Arms Wide Open - Patricia Harman releases her second memoir which returns to her Hippie, Homesteading, Homebirth Days! It will be especially embraced by anyone who lived through the Vietnam War and commune eras, and by all those involved in the natural childbirth movement.
HOME: Decks, Patios, Pathways & Fencing! Spring into action and get ready for outdoor entertaining! Listen to our recent interview with HGTV Carpenters Russ Hemmis & Marcus Hunt 'Team Two Times', who answer Big Blend & Garden Gossip readers questions about DIY Decks, Patios, Fencing and Pathways!
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 Matzo Balls & Stuffed Eggs!
Passover Recipes - Ruth Milstein, author of the award winning recipe book 'Cooking with Love: Ventures into the New Israeli Cuisine', discusses Passover and shares two of her favorite Passover Recipes including Matzo Balls, and Stuffed Eggs.
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 National Parks Crossword and 6 Giveaways!
CROSSWORD: America's National Parks - The National Parks Service is committed to "conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein" in an unimpaired condition so that they might be enjoyed by present and future generations. See how much you know about America's legacy-our National Parks!
Book Giveaway: You Buy The Peanut Butter, I'll Get the Bread - If you haven't already, enter to win this business book by Kirsten Poe Hill & Renée E. Warren.
Book Giveaway: Food-The Good Girl's Drug - If you haven't already, enter to win Sunny Sea Gold's book 'Food: The Good Girl's Drug - How to Stop Using Food to Control Your Feelings.
Recipe Book Giveaway: A Biblical Feast - If you haven't already, enter to win 'A Biblical Feast: Ancient Mediterranean Flavors for Today's Table' by Kitty Morse.
CD Giveaway: Gentry Bronson - If you haven't already, enter to win the new self-title EP by award-winning San Francisco singer, songwriter, pianist, poet, storyteller, and showman, Gentry Bronson.
Labeler Giveaway: PT-2730 Desktop Labeling System - If you haven't already, enter to win this Brother P-Touch PT-2730 PC-Connectable "Simply Professional" Labeling System, designed for busy office professionals.
Book Giveaway: Faery Tale - If you haven't already, enter to win the memoir 'FAERY TALE: One Woman's Search for Enchantment in a Modern World' by Signe Pike.
Congratulations to Brenda W. Quinn of Shorewood, WI who won the memoir 'Silent Sorority: A Barren Woman Gets Busy, Angry, Lost and Found' by Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos! |
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April 17: Business & Career Radio Expo - Join Nancy J. Reid & Lisa D. Smith, for The Success Express Business & Career Expo on Big Blend Radio. Featured guests include: Bruce Tepper - Tuolumne County Visitors Bureau & Barbara Stutzman - Union Hill Inn; Maralyn Hill - President of International Food Wine Travel Writers Association; Stephanie McMillian - Yuma Civic Center; DeNise Pettersson - Sedona Village Jeweler; Jim Duzak 'Attorney at Love'; Laurie Hallihan - Insurance Specialist; and Dallas Gulley - Business Systems Specialist. |
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